<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Apple announces Containerization, a new open-source Swift framework for running lightweight Linux containers on macOS.</li><li>Containerization provides each container with its own lightweight virtual machine, improving security and resource efficiency.</li><li>The framework introduces vminitd, a Swift-built init system that handles critical tasks within each virtual machine.</li><li>Container filesystems are exposed as EXT4-formatted block devices for optimal performance.</li><li>Apple released a companion container command-line tool for standard container operations and quick container startup.</li><li>Both the Containerization framework and container tool are open-source on GitHub for developers to explore and contribute.</li><li>This innovation advances container technology on macOS, offering a more secure, performant, and efficient way to work with Linux containers.</li></ul>

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