Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman • Hacker News Board

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

#11

Post by sonu27 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:29 AM UTC

nullify88 wrote: post #10

Recently switched back to Docker Desktop from Podman Desktop since Docker Desktop seems to integrate better with Windows. Good progress though and I'll revisit it again soon.

Even Docker Desktop for Mac works pretty great and they improved the startup. Not really had issues to warrant switching.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by esamatti » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:29 AM UTC

Anyone using Podman on a macOS? How's the experience compared to Docker Desktop?

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by jackweirdy » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:29 AM UTC

If you want to use podman some of the more recent podman versions on Ubuntu or Debian, I have a kind of hacky PPA up here - https://github.com/notbobthebuilder/podman

GitHub actions auto build new version releases for me so major versions become available as soon as they are released and I click the button

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

#14

Post by ThatMedicIsASpy » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:31 AM UTC

richardpetersen wrote: post #2

Was interested to see if Podman is a shiny new technology or a likely replacement of docker?

It does has some quirks that is why I keep using docker for containers on servers.

I do use podman daily in the form of distrobox since both the steam deck and my desktop are immutable systems.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by lstep1234 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:37 AM UTC

Too bad, podman, technically is not bad, but IBM/Redhat made it too (voluntarily?) dependent on Redhat ecosystem.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by kynetic » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:37 AM UTC

Etheryte wrote: post #8

Small fyi, the site seems to break the back button on mobile.

It has an annoying table of contents system that seems to move you to new urls constantly as you scroll up and down, so back just takes you to different parts of the page for a while till you finally leave.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by ranting-moth » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:41 AM UTC

lstep1234 wrote: post #15

Too bad, podman, technically is not bad, but IBM/Redhat made it too (voluntarily?) dependent on Redhat ecosystem.

How?

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by bongobingo1 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:44 AM UTC

lstep1234 wrote: post #15

Too bad, podman, technically is not bad, but IBM/Redhat made it too (voluntarily?) dependent on Redhat ecosystem.

Which parts? I know there are various "support/tool/components" that go into Podman, some can be swapped out such as the container runtime, some can't so much (afaik) such as the build tool or container network creator, but those don't really seem part of the RH ecosystem besides maybe RH employing some of the devs - which is maybe enough for it to qualify I guess?

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by polski-g » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:49 AM UTC

It doesn't work as a 100% replacement but I'd really like to switch. They need to work on better docker compose compatibility. Anything with custom network settings and it pukes.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by quickthrower2 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:55 AM UTC

polski-g wrote: post #19

It doesn't work as a 100% replacement but I'd really like to switch. They need to work on better docker compose compatibility. Anything with custom network settings and it pukes.

My guess is Kubernetes would be the way to go here? You can run k3s locally.