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I ditched Docker for Podman

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1101 points codesmash | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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t43562 ◴[05 Sep 25 12:38 UTC] No.45137811[source]▶
Those companies use docker desktop on their dev's machines.
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connicpu ◴[05 Sep 25 12:42 UTC] No.45137842[source]▶
There's no need if all your devs use desktop Linux as their primary devices like we do where I work :)
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t43562 ◴[05 Sep 25 12:44 UTC] No.45137857[source]▶
On Mac we just switched to podman and didn't have anything to worry about.
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nickthegreek ◴[05 Sep 25 13:22 UTC] No.45138272{3}[source]▶
Anyone have opinions on OrbStack for mac over these other alternatives?
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1. veidr ◴[05 Sep 25 14:28 UTC] No.45139026{4}[source]▶
Yes, Orbstack is significantly better than Docker Desktop, and probably also better than any other Docker replacement out there right now (for macOS), if you aren't bothered by the (reasonable) pricing.

It costs about $100/year per seat for commercial use, IIRC. But it is significantly faster than Docker Desktop at literally everything, has a way better UI, and a bunch of QoL features that are nice. Plus Linux virtualization that is both better and (repeating on this theme) significantly more performant than Parallels or VMWare Fusion or UTM.