Everything about Container Linux

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Container LinuxA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Lightweight Linux–Powered Edge Systems: Facilitating Secure and Efficient Container Workloads at the EdgeInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Getting Started with KubernetesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Container-based real-time scheduling in the Linux kernelCited 71 times
5. Go sideways: Docker (software)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: CgroupsA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Container-based real-time scheduling in the Linux kernel

  Luca Abeni, Alessio Balsini, Tommaso Cucinotta · 2019 · ACM SIGBED Review · 71 citations

• A Comparative Analysis of High Availability for Linux Container Infrastructures

  Marek Šimon, Ladislav Huraj, Nicolas Búčik · 2023 · Future Internet · 6 citations

• Improving fault tolerance in LinuX container-based distributed systems using blockchain

  Masoum Farahmandian, Mehdi Farrokhbakht Foumani, Peyman Bayat · 2024 · Cluster Computing · 2 citations

• Implementation and Analysis of Container Image Optimization Using Alpine Linux and Multi-Stage Builds

  Mochamad Rizal Fachrudin, Arif Saivul Affandi · 2025 · Teknika · 1 citations

• PENGEMBANGAN MEKANISME AKSES E-LEARNING BERBASIS LINUX CONTAINER

  Septya Andi Suryanto · 2018 · JIPI (Jurnal Ilmiah Penelitian dan Pembelajaran Informatika) · 0 citations

• Implementasi Virtual Data Center Menggungakan Linux Container Berbasis Docker dan SDN

  Muhammad Fikri Alauddin, Royyana Muslim Ijtihadie, Muchammad Husni · 2017 · Jurnal Teknik ITS · 0 citations

• Otomasi Manajemen dan Pengawasan Linux Container (LCX) Pada Proxmox VE Menggunakan Ansible

  Muh Akromi Arya Pratama, I Putu Hariyadi · 2021 · Jurnal Bumigora Information Technology (BITe) · 0 citations

• DETEKSI DAN MITIGASI SERANGAN POST-EXPLOITATION PADA LINGKUNGAN CONTAINER LINUX MENGGUNAKAN CROWDSEC DAN AUDITD

  Julang Tahta Pratangga, Chaerul Umam, L. Budi Handoko · 2026 · Rabit : Jurnal Teknologi dan Sistem Informasi Univrab · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Lightweight Linux–Powered Edge Systems: Facilitating Secure and Efficient Container Workloads at the Edge

  Gokul Chandra Purnachandra Redd · 2024 · Journal of Electrical Systems · 0 citations

• Analisis Komparatif Overhead Kinerja CPU pada Lingkungan Bare Metal, Docker Container, dan KVM Virtual Machine Berbasis Linux Ubuntu

  Ammanda Putri Nurhalizah, Ilham Nur Ramdani, Imelda Imelda · 2026 · Jurnal Algoritma · 0 citations

• TESTING THE SPEED OF WORKING WITH RAM AND HDD IN THE LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM WHEN PERFORMING OPERATIONS IN A DOCKER CONTAINER AND DIRECTLY ON THE HOST

  Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Dmitryj Veselyj, Anatoliy Sergeev · 2024 · Theoretical & Applied Science · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Getting Started with KubernetesJonathan Baier, Jesse White · 2015
• DockerSean P. Kane, Karl Matthias · 2018
• DockerKarl Matthias, Sean P. Kane · 2015
• Kubernetes CookbookHideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee · 2016
• Docker containersChristopher Negus · 2015
• Kubernetes for DevelopersJoseph Heck · 2018
• Kubernetes for Serverless ApplicationsRuss McKendrick · 2018
• Pro SQL Server on LinuxBob Ward · 2018

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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