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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: 0.613s | source
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awoimbee ◴[05 Sep 25 15:10 UTC] No.45139493[source]▶
The main issue is podman support on Ubuntu. Ubuntu ships outdated podman versions that don't work out of the box. So I use podman v5, GitHub actions uses podman v3, and my coworkers on Ubuntu use docker. So now my script must work with old podman, recent podman and docker
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1. troyvit ◴[05 Sep 25 15:30 UTC] No.45139722[source]▶
This is my biggest problem too, and it's not just my problem but Podman's problem. Lack of name recognition is big for sure compared to Docker, but to me this version mismatch problem is higher on the list and more sure to keep Podman niche. Distros like Ubuntu always ship with older versions of software, it's sadly up to the maintainer to release newer versions, and Podman just doesn't seem interested in doing that. I don't know if it was their goal but it got me to use some RedHat derivative on my home server just to get a later version.