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I ditched Docker for Podman

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1101 points codesmash | 3 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.71s | source
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t43562 ◴[05 Sep 25 12:31 UTC] No.45137756[source]▶
To provide 1 contrary opinion to all the others saying they have a problem:

Podman rocks for me!

I find docker hard to use and full of pitfalls and podman isn't any worse. On the plus side, any company I work for doesn't have to worry about licences. Win win!

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Izmaki ◴[05 Sep 25 12:37 UTC] No.45137807[source]▶
None of your companies need to worry about licenses. Docker ENGINE is free and open source. Docker DESKTOP is a software suite that requires you to purchase a license to use in a company.

But Docker Engine, the core component which works on Linux, Mac and Windows through WSL2, that is completely and 1000% free to use.

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1. firesteelrain ◴[05 Sep 25 12:53 UTC] No.45137951[source]▶
Podman is inside the Ubuntu WSL image. No need for docker at all
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2. kordlessagain ◴[05 Sep 25 13:36 UTC] No.45138406[source]▶
This is not correct, at least when looking at my screen:

(base) kord@DESKTOP-QPLEI6S:/mnt/wsl/docker-desktop-bind-mounts/Ubuntu/37c7f28..blah..blah$ podman

Command 'podman' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install podman

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3. firesteelrain ◴[05 Sep 25 13:40 UTC] No.45138457[source]▶
Hmm maybe it’s what our admins provided to us then. I actually have never run it at home only airgapped