A method performed in a computing system having a source device interconnected to a destination device by a computer network, the method comprising: receiving, at the destination device , a request to migrate a source container currently executing on the source device to the destination device , the source container including a software package having a software application in a filesystem sufficiently complete for execution of the software application in an operating system by a processor of the source device to provide a display output of the software application; and in response to the received request from the source device , at the destination device , starting a virtual machine having an operating system that is compatible with that of the source device ; instantiating, in the started virtual machine , a destination container using a copy of an image and a memory snapshot of the source container on the source device ; and upon completion of instantiating the destination container at the destination device : continuing execution of the software application in the destination container ; and transmitting, via the computer network, a remote display output of the software application from the destination container to the source device to be surfaced on the source device . receiving, at the destination device , a request to migrate a source container currently executing on the source device to the destination device , the source container including a software package having a software application in a filesystem sufficiently complete for execution of the software application in an operating system by a processor of the source device to provide a display output of the software application; and in response to the received request from the source device , at the destination device , starting a virtual machine having an operating system that is compatible with that of the source device ; instantiating, in the started virtual machine , a destination container using a copy of an image and a memory snapshot of the source container on the source device ; and upon completion of instantiating the destination container at the destination device : continuing execution of the software application in the destination container ; and transmitting, via the computer network, a remote display output of the software application from the destination container to the source device to be surfaced on the source device . starting a virtual machine having an operating system that is compatible with that of the source device ; instantiating, in the started virtual machine , a destination container using a copy of an image and a memory snapshot of the source container on the source device ; and upon completion of instantiating the destination container at the destination device : continuing execution of the software application in the destination container ; and transmitting, via the computer network, a remote display output of the software application from the destination container to the source device to be surfaced on the source device . continuing execution of the software application in the destination container ; and transmitting, via the computer network, a remote display output of the software application from the destination container to the source device to be surfaced on the source device . <EOS>