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Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, ComposeFS...) to CNCF

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272 points twelvenmonkeys | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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kuratkull ◴[14 Nov 24 19:28 UTC] No.42140145[source]▶
Podman actually works really well. Out-of-the-box virtually-no-configuration-needed rootless containers. It's also usable via docker-compose with a single env variable. (podman-compose wasn't up to par for us)

We've been using it for a couple of years running and managing hundreds of containers per server - no feeling of flakiness whatsoever. It's virtually zeroconf and even supports GPUs for those who need it. It's like docker but better, IMO.

Hope it gets a popularity boost from CNCF. Rooting for it.

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1. jeppester ◴[14 Nov 24 19:43 UTC] No.42140324[source]▶
I completely agree and have had the same experience as you with docker-compose working better than the alternatives.

Past versions of podman were flaky, but since version 4, which is now a couple of years old, I haven't had any issues whatsoever. I'd recommend anyone using containers on linux to try it out instead of installing docker out of habit.