• Daniel Quinn
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    1 year ago

    What exactly is the appeal of Docker Desktop on Linux? I can run docker just fine without it, so what’s it doing for me?

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      1 year ago

      Apparently it lets you set up Kubernetes pretty easily too? idk I don’t use Kubernetes.

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      1 year ago

      I would suspect that making a stable desktop inside docker ensures it would work everywhere else, no matter what the hw/sw of the host is.
      I’ve only known docker as a building environment that ensures rebuildability and I can’t say I ever liked it. I think its popularity comes from some myth of safety and security.

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