NVIDIA Device Files in /dev/
How /dev/nvidia*, nvidiactl, nvidia-uvm, and DRI nodes map major/minor numbers to the driver, what CUDA opens first, and the minimum mount set for containers.
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Linux Namespaces: The Foundation of Container Isolation
Master Linux namespaces — the kernel mechanism that makes containers possible. Learn how mount, PID, network, and user namespaces create isolated environments, with interactive demos.
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Linux cgroups: Resource Limits for Processes
Control groups as instruments: noisy neighbors, v1 vs v2 membership, CFS cpu.max periods, memory.high vs memory.max OOM, and how Docker flags become cgroup files.
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Containers Under the Hood: From Primitives to Docker
Discover how containers work by combining namespaces, cgroups, and OverlayFS. Build a mental model of Docker internals through interactive visualizations.
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How Docker Works with GPUs: Device Files, Bind Mounts, and Driver Stacks
Understand how containerized processes access GPU hardware through device files, bind mounts, and the NVIDIA container runtime. Learn the kernel driver vs user-space library distinction.
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