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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: 1.116s | 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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xhrpost ◴[05 Sep 25 12:55 UTC] No.45137973[source]▶
From the official docs:

>This section describes how to install Docker Engine on Linux, also known as Docker CE. Docker Engine is also available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, through Docker Desktop.

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

I'm not an expert but everything I read online says that Docker runs on Linux so with Mac you need a virtual environment like Docker Desktop, Colima, or Podman to run it.

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iainmerrick ◴[05 Sep 25 13:37 UTC] No.45138429[source]▶
If you're already paying for Macs, is paying for Docker Desktop really a big problem?
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1. chrisweekly ◴[05 Sep 25 15:46 UTC] No.45139900[source]▶
I think the point is that Docker Desktop for macOS is bad.
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2. chuckadams ◴[05 Sep 25 18:40 UTC] No.45142075[source]▶
It's not all that bad these days ever since they added virtio support. Orbstack is well worth paying for as an alternative, but that won't solve anyone's procurement headaches either.
3. iainmerrick ◴[06 Sep 25 07:27 UTC] No.45147332[source]▶
Oh! I wasn’t trying to make a big point except that paying for software isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and if you’re already invested in Macs you’re presumably OK with paying good money for good products.

Having used Docker Desktop on a Mac myself, it seems... fine? It does the job well enough, and it’s part of the development rather than production flow so it doesn’t need to be perfect, just unobtrusive.