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100 points kordlessagain | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.34s | source
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israrkhan ◴[14 Apr 25 05:13 UTC] No.43678272[source]▶
Be aware of licensing restrictions. Docker Desktop is free for personal use, but it requires a paid license if you work for an organization sized 250+. This feature seems to be available in Docker Desktop only.
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francesco-corti ◴[14 Apr 25 12:52 UTC] No.43680750[source]▶
Note: I'm part of the team developing this feature.

Soon (end of May, according to the current roadmap) this feature will also be available with the Docker Engine (so not only as part of Docker Desktop).

As a reminder, Docker Engine is the Community Edition, Open Source and free for everyone.

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cmiles74 ◴[14 Apr 25 14:19 UTC] No.43681623[source]▶
My understanding has always been that Docker Engine was only available directly on Linux. If you are running another operating system then you will need to run Docker Desktop (which, in turn, runs a Docker Engine instance in a VM).

This comment kind of makes it sound like maybe you can run Docker Engine directly on these operating systems (MacOS, Windows, etc.), is that the case?

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1. aednichols ◴[14 Apr 25 18:41 UTC] No.43684642[source]▶
Docker Engine uses a feature of the Linux kernel called namespaces. Alternate OSes require a Linux VM. As another commenter mentioned, apps like Orbstack, Podman Desktop, and Docker Desktop provide a facility to create such a VM.