Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads

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Post by twelvenmonkeys » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 8:40 PM UTC

Re: Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads

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Post by ashirviskas » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 11:29 PM UTC

Why podman and not Docker?

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Post by paulryanrogers » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 11:34 PM UTC

ashirviskas wrote: post #2

Why podman and not Docker?

It's free? Can run rootless?

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Post by jrks11o » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC

ashirviskas wrote: post #2

Why podman and not Docker?

docker desktop licensing changes in 2021

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

ashirviskas wrote: post #2

Why podman and not Docker?

Docker took too long to support cgroups v2

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Post by htrp » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

I've seen podman advertised as a dropin docker replacement. how valid is that assertion?

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Post by Vilian » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12:05 AM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #3

ashirviskas wrote: post #2

Why podman and not Docker?

It's free? Can run rootless?

Better integration with systemd

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Post by jamesboehmer » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12:11 AM UTC

htrp wrote: post #6

I've seen podman advertised as a dropin docker replacement. how valid is that assertion?

I wasted my time trying podman and switched to colima. It's the only usable free alternative that's a true drop-in replacement for docker.

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Post by seemaze » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12:19 AM UTC

ashirviskas wrote: post #2

Why podman and not Docker?

It supports Kubernetes *.yaml manifests?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12:26 AM UTC

Vilian wrote: post #7

paulryanrogers wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's free? Can run rootless?

Better integration with systemd

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