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Intro to go here explaining LXD versus LXC and why you want to use it. For now, key bullets,
- LXD sits on top of LXC and uses a higher level set of commands
- I Always Install Just LXD which Installs LXC Underlying Components - I do this because I notice straight LXC Underlying Components are Different when installed via LXD
- REST API to orchestrates containers locally and remotely
- Allows moving and copying between hosts
- Takes advantage of advanced file systems (in particular ZFS)
- Improves on security specifically running as unprivileged hence root inside container does not get root on host
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