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> a type of Docker for desktop apps By the way, what is it with Docker that makes it hard or impossible for it to be used for this exact purpose?
by Koshkin 7y ago
> a type of Docker for desktop apps
By the way, what is it with Docker that makes it hard or impossible for it to be used for this exact purpose?
- mixmastamyk 7y agoDocker is poorly designed as well.
- appleflaxen 7y agocan you elaborate? I can google for "docker sucks" blogposts, but I trust the HN opinion to be a bit more thoughtful. Any specific pain points you can identify?
- sylvain_kerkour 7y agoI think what the author wanted to say is that the tradeoffs made by Docker's authors are different than those he would have made.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoThe most commonly mentioned flaw was/is the root daemon. That can be worked around with other tools. The command line and docker files are a bit clumsy as well. Many images have security flaws. It didn’t clean up after itself for a looong time, etc. It doesn’t “suck,” and many of the ideas are compelling. But, the design and implementations could be better. I was interested in rkt until it was acqui-abandoned.
- Kaze404 7y agoIt's not that hard. I remember using it to run Slack at one point, and while it wasn't easy it's definitely possible if you need it bad enough.
- fulafel 7y agoDesktop apps are not designed to operate in isolated fs namespace/network/etc from the host. So the user experience won't be seamless unless there are standards that enable desktop apps to be aware of how they are dockerized. Which there aren't afaik