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So only to get on the the same page as you and not to be a smartass- you're saying Docker is like an AppImage without access to host files (I didn't get the las
by fxfan 8y ago
So only to get on the the same page as you and not to be a smartass- you're saying Docker is like an AppImage without access to host files (I didn't get the last part about GPL circumvention) whose purpose is to provide non-emulated VMs?
If all I use is Debian on my server with a file that always installs the required packages and I don't need isolation between services, should I care about docker as an "end-developer"?
- tannhaeuser 8y agoDifficult to tell. I'd probably stay within a plain dev environment as long as possible. Just keep in mind you can't rely on host auth within Docker if you ever wanted to use it. Besides, it's never wrong to learn something new, and Docker isn't difficult to pickup.
- ecnahc515 8y agoOften times you want to run a newer version of a package but it has new dependency requirements that conflict with other packages. Most solutions around this involve tweaking the package, or using a chroot. A container lets you avoid this problem as each container has it's own rootfs and can be a different OS and can run different versions of software however you want without worrying about conflicts. It's somewhat similar to static linking, but at a higher level.