>But you can probably still find static binaries compiled in the late 1990's that will run on modern Linux.
On the otherhand it's random chance if a glibc-dep binary from a modern program compiled today will run on a linux install thats only 5 years old. And given the rapid addition of new compiler features it's getting to the point where GCC on a 5 year old install can't even compile a quarter of the programs written new today.
Containers outside of their useful server-side context, containers for desktop applications, are the fever of this future shock.
On the otherhand it's random chance if a glibc-dep binary from a modern program compiled today will run on a linux install thats only 5 years old. And given the rapid addition of new compiler features it's getting to the point where GCC on a 5 year old install can't even compile a quarter of the programs written new today.
Containers outside of their useful server-side context, containers for desktop applications, are the fever of this future shock.