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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"The size of the Python image - why 900MB?","articleBody":"I've just been reading up on Docker.\n\nI like how it can containerize the entire app of each specific stack, but I don't understand why the Python image to install Docker is 900MB.\n\nFrom this:\n\nhttps://registry.hub.docker.com/_/python/\n\nSome people have complained about the size.\n\nWhat I would like to know is what that 900MB is made up of? Is it an OS + your engine + hundreds of C dependencies? Is it a virtualized OS only? Is it 900MB of everything in Python?\n\nAre you basically installing a 'light' virtualized Debian OS to run Python?\n\nIf yes, I think you would be lying on this page:\n\nhttps://www.docker.com/whatisdocker/\n\nBy not specifying that under certain conditions, the \"Docker Engine\" is coupled with an OS.\n\nSome clarification on this will be much appreciated.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Kentoseth","@type":"Person","name":"Kentoseth"},"datePublished":"2015-01-12T23:08:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/30/python/issues/30"}