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Kubernetes deprecated Docker support a few years back, so there will come a day that it may not be part of Docker Desktop. Rancher Desktop supports k3s with co
by moduspol 4y ago
Kubernetes deprecated Docker support a few years back, so there will come a day that it may not be part of Docker Desktop.
Rancher Desktop supports k3s with containerd out of the box, which has no announced deprecation.
It's possible they plan to add containerd support to the built-in Kubernetes management of Docker Desktop once Docker is no longer supported, but I haven't heard about it.
Beyond that, I'm not aware of any technical advantages. For me Rancher Desktop essentially covers 99% of what Docker Desktop did, so just knowing that there won't be a point where it'll cost money is valuable.
- justincormack 4y ago(CTO of Docker here) Kubernetes moved Docker support out of the main repo, late last year. It is still supported and works, it is just an external repo now. As well as this Docker runs on containerd (which was originally a Docker project to work more closely with the Kubernetes project, now a CNCF project), and Docker Desktop now has a beta option to run the full containerd backend, including the image store, which we may well use to provide a common image store across Kubernetes and Docker engine in future, we are still exploring the many ways in which we can continue to improve the Kubernetes on Docker Desktop.
- moduspol 4y agoMakes sense. Thanks for chiming in!