Docker started supporting local k8s as a swarm alternative, I think from last month's release.

I'm reading that it's only for Docker EE or Docker Desktop (Mac/Windows).

https://forums.docker.com/t/is-there-a-built-in-kubernetes-i...

https://blog.docker.com/2018/07/kubernetes-is-now-available-...

I just installed Docker via package manager so I guess I never really learned about the organization's offerings in total and didn't know which product I had (CE for Linux). Is there a more up-to-date/better practice for using Docker CE with k8s than this guide dated March[0] using Minikube[1]?

[0]: https://blog.sourcerer.io/a-kubernetes-quick-start-for-peopl... [1]: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

Totally agree. Docker Compose is excellent for local development, and Docker Swarm mode uses the same file and is almost the same thing. Some minor additions in extra docker-compose files and it's ready for production in a cluster. I don't get why Swarm is so underrated. For the same $5 bucks in a full Linux VPS with Linode or DigitalOcean (or even the free tier in Google Cloud) you can get a full cluster, starting with a single node, including automatic HTTPS certificates, etc. Here's my quick guide, with a Linux from scratch to a prod server in about 20 min. Including full-stack app: https://github.com/tiangolo/full-stack/blob/master/docker-sw...

Fully agree. K8s is mostly beneficial for larger companies, because of namespaces support, and devops authentication. For smaller teams Swarm is just way more practical and versatile.