# About LXC > Linux Containers (LXC) is an [operating-system-level virtualization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating-system-level_virtualization "Operating-system-level virtualization") method for running multiple isolated [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux "Linux") systems (containers) on a control host using a single Linux kernel. > > \-- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC)