Am I just a dum dum for not getting this to drop-in replace Docker Desktop for my relatively simple projects? Has anyone else experienced the problematic practicalities of switching, or should I just spend a bit more time with it?
Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
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Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#12Am I just a dum dum for not getting this to drop-in replace Docker Desktop for my relatively simple projects? Has anyone else experienced the problematic practicalities of switching, or should I just spend a bit more time with it?
I'm pretty sure the main reason there's a push to move from Docker Desktop now is because earlier this year they started charging larger businesses/teams to use it.
So if you're just using it for yourself you probably don't need to bother
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#13There's also Rancher Desktop in the same space, which includes k3s as a local K8s solution. For personal use I found it great and lighter than Docker Desktop. At work, unfortunately all options but Docker Desktop have issues with either 1) Our Cisco AnyConnect VPN, or 2) Our authenticated http proxy. Couldn't find anything else providing a container runtime + a local k8s on MacOS that works in this environment. So we…
I suppose Docker Compose won‘t work with those alternatives?
Podman works with Docker Compose enough to run stuff I've had to deal with at work and home. I prefer to use the podman-compose script usually, since it does offer some small advantages when using Podman. That said, even with the podman-compose script, I ran into an issue where some syntax somewhere needed to be adjusted for Podman; I can't remember exactly what and I don't have access to the repository to check, but it was a security-related flag, and it was fixed in master at some point, I believe.
Getting Podman to run CUDA/Nvidia workloads was a bit more challenging, but that can also be done.
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#14Am I just a dum dum for not getting this to drop-in replace Docker Desktop for my relatively simple projects? Has anyone else experienced the problematic practicalities of switching, or should I just spend a bit more time with it?
Besides the licensing issues, I found it bloated and flaky. For me, the friendly GUI just added pain. I use docker in Hyper-V as my home media server instead. WSL2 also works.
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Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#16Am I just a dum dum for not getting this to drop-in replace Docker Desktop for my relatively simple projects? Has anyone else experienced the problematic practicalities of switching, or should I just spend a bit more time with it?
I'm pretty sure the main reason there's a push to move from Docker Desktop now is because earlier this year they started charging larger businesses/teams to use it. So if you're just using it for yourself you probably don't need to bother https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/
Oh I'm aware of that, my point is that it isn't the smooth transition folks seem to make it out to be (unless, of course, I'm a dum dum which is possible).
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#17Echoing others, is there a benefit running this over Docker? I recently setup portainer and Docker on my homelab and had everything running in about 30 min. Is there a benefit to migrate to podman?
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#18Am I just a dum dum for not getting this to drop-in replace Docker Desktop for my relatively simple projects? Has anyone else experienced the problematic practicalities of switching, or should I just spend a bit more time with it?
For me the main reason to use Podman over Docker is rootless containers. Another one is also that Docker is really not pleasant to install on Linux.
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#19Can this be installed side-by-side with Docker Desktop (on Windows)?
yes; actually it's pretty cool because it shows you docker containers running on your system too and lets you manage those if you have any.
That's what Docker Desktop does and this is an alternative to Docker Desktop... Are you saying Docker Desktop on Windows doesn't have those features?
Re: Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
#20Echoing others, is there a benefit running this over Docker? I recently setup portainer and Docker on my homelab and had everything running in about 30 min. Is there a benefit to migrate to podman?
Licensing.