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Show HN: A concept for a productivity OS using LXC for client isolation
1 abdrehman 2 8/26/2025, 1:19:35 PM abdrehman.com ↗
I just published a blog post about an idea I've been developing to solve a workflow problem I face as a developer juggling multiple clients.
The short version is that using full VMs for each client is resource-heavy and clunky (no notifications, hardware issues), but it provides great isolation.
My post outlines a concept for a "productivity-focused" OS inspired by Qubes, but built on lightweight LXC system containers. The goal is to get the strong isolation benefits without the performance overhead, using a custom desktop environment to handle things like unified notifications and managed hardware access.
I'd love to get this community's feedback. I'm particularly interested in your thoughts on these questions:
Thanks for taking a look!Awesome thoughts!
I think you should look at qubes-os, it would be nice to have their concept with LXC or maybe with docker/podman to more efficient image storage with shared layers and so on