I ditched Docker for Podman

I am still on an x86 Mac.

When Docker Desktop changed licensing I tried to switch to Podman and it was a disaster, Podman was brand new and despite many blog posts that claimed it was the perfect replacement it did not work for me, and I have very simple requirements. So I ended up using Rancher Desktop instead, which was also very unstable but better.

Fast forward 1 year, Rancher was pretty good and Podman still did not work reliably on my mac.

Fast forward another year or so and I switched to colima.

I tried podman last time about one year ago and I still had issues on my old mac. So far colima has been good enough for my needs although at least two times a brew update broke colima and I had to reinstall from scratch.

I also had issues with Podman on an M2 Mac. I'm currently using OrbStack as I had network performance issues with Colima (I have 10GbE between the Mac and a NAS). Outside that issue, Colima was awesome.

I also had issues with Podman on an M2 Mac. I'm currently using OrbStack as I had network performance issues with Colima (I have 10GbE between the Mac and a NAS). Outside that issue, Colima was awesome.

This mirror my experience. Ive been testing podman over the few years since Docker changed its license. But every time there's some thing that just doesnt work. So i find myself always returning to docker

I had some issues with Colima (mac) and switched to Orbstack which fixed everything.

Thanks, I did not know OrbStack, will give it a try.