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I think it's easier for most people to get started using Docker for Mac, but yeah – I run Debian headless in a VM, SSH in and use that for Docker. Way less mag

by tonyhb 9y ago

I think it's easier for most people to get started using Docker for Mac, but yeah – I run Debian headless in a VM, SSH in and use that for Docker. Way less magic, and I have full control of the underlying OS to test out new kernels etc. I also like that my underlying code is also within an encrypted VM disk, not laying around on my host mac os.

smc12 9y ago
Do you use a GUI editor in the VM? I have a similar setup (Mac hosting a headless VM running Docker) and can't stand performance when using X-Forwarding and XQuartz
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- mkesper 9y ago
  You could use emacs with tramp from outside: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode
- tonyhb 9y ago
  Nope, neovim and tmux is all I use regularly. I tried to proxy X11 to quartz and it was way too slow. When I use Reason I'll sometimes mount over SSHFS to edit using neovim in visual studio, though right now I'm building native iOS apps with it so it's actually not in my VM so that xcode can build faster