Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by richardpetersen » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 9:07 AM UTC

Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman
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Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by richardpetersen » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 9:13 AM UTC

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

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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

richardpetersen wrote: post #2

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

New? It was released ~2018. Docker was released ~2013.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by WesolyKubeczek » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:07 AM UTC

richardpetersen wrote: post #2

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

Far from “shiny new”, but at this time the pace of development is such that there doesn’t exist a stable version that accepts bugfixes only, make of it what you will.

As a development tool it’s awesome, and having no centralized daemon is sure a boon.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by Zariff » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:14 AM UTC

I don’t think I understand the author completely. First, she mentions that Podman is not a replacement for Docker but then mentions multiple reasons why Podman is better than Docker. I.e. why you should replace Docker with Podman.

What did the author mean by Podman is not a replacement of Docker?

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by otabdeveloper4 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:14 AM UTC

richardpetersen wrote: post #2

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

Podman is a Docker implementation without the architectural bugs.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by stabbles » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:17 AM UTC

What problem does Docker's daemon actually solve? To me it always felt over-engineered.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by Etheryte » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:20 AM UTC

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

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by brazzy » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:21 AM UTC

Zariff wrote: post #5

I don’t think I understand the author completely. First, she mentions that Podman is not a replacement for Docker but then mentions multiple reasons why Podman is better than Docker. I.e. why you should replace Docker with Podman. What did the author mean by Podman is not a replacement of Docker?

She means that it's not a drop-in replacement that works exactly the same way.

It works differently, and (in her opinion) in some ways better.

But you will likely have to change your workflow to use it.

Re: Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

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Post by nullify88 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 11:27 AM UTC

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.