2 ms·

You have made two assumptions there. 1. That I don't use Linux when I can. I use Fedora on all my personal equipment, including laptops. When I have a choice I

You have made two assumptions there. 1. That I don't use Linux when I can. I use Fedora on all my personal equipment, including laptops. When I have a choice I do use Linux because it is simply a better development environment. The question was because this is an article about Docker Desktop on MacOS and the poster suggested using Podman. 2. That running `brew install docker` was actually that hard. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely dislike running MacOS on my work laptop, but I don't have a choice and I have not seen a job where I would have a choice. Docker works "seamlessly", except that being a VM it does use 3Gb for even the most basic containers.

smackeyacky 5y ago
Most employers would give you some choice over your work machine don't they?
- happymellon 5y ago
  No. Most employers I've encountered pick one for you. The best I've had is the choice of Windows or Mac. They have never let me pick Linux. [Edit] Actually, one did. That was also the first place that I used Linux containers, long before Docker Desktop was a thing, and before the hype train really got rolling. Back when Docker really made sense for process isolation, rather than using it as a lazy Linux VM for building on your laptop.
  - smackeyacky 5y ago
    So, at the moment, if you are expected to do docker builds targetting linux servers, the clear logical choice is windows and wsl2 if you can't have a linux desktop, right?
    - happymellon 5y ago
      Current work location gives developers Mac's. Something about the data scientists preferring Python which works significantly better on Mac's than Windows. I would disagree that WSL2 is a clear choice. That would mean using Windows, which is a trainwreck of a UI, and gets less consistent with each release. Has Windows 11 fixed multi-desktops yet? I personally find using Linux, with Gnome, so much more pleasant than either Windows or Mac. Much more consistent and without the arbitrary restrictions.

smackeyacky 5y ago

Most employers would give you some choice over your work machine don't they?

happymellon 5y ago
No. Most employers I've encountered pick one for you. The best I've had is the choice of Windows or Mac. They have never let me pick Linux. [Edit] Actually, one did. That was also the first place that I used Linux containers, long before Docker Desktop was a thing, and before the hype train really got rolling. Back when Docker really made sense for process isolation, rather than using it as a lazy Linux VM for building on your laptop.
- smackeyacky 5y ago
  So, at the moment, if you are expected to do docker builds targetting linux servers, the clear logical choice is windows and wsl2 if you can't have a linux desktop, right?
  - happymellon 5y ago
    Current work location gives developers Mac's. Something about the data scientists preferring Python which works significantly better on Mac's than Windows. I would disagree that WSL2 is a clear choice. That would mean using Windows, which is a trainwreck of a UI, and gets less consistent with each release. Has Windows 11 fixed multi-desktops yet? I personally find using Linux, with Gnome, so much more pleasant than either Windows or Mac. Much more consistent and without the arbitrary restrictions.