Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies
by SkyMarshal on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @02:15AM
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>for cases where you want a reproducible build environment.
Or just create your reproducible build environment as a QEMU VM image instead of a docker file. That way you only have to install a VM image, instead of install VM image/OS + install Docker + install your Docker file.
Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies
by horsawlarway on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:02PM
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See, I don't really agree here.
Containers solve a different problem than vms. The biggest issues (at least for me) are
1. The second a dev starts using that VM, it's no longer reproducible. The goal of docker is that a developer can create reproducible images as a part of normal development.
2. I won't be running that QEMU vm in production, but I might very well be running the exact same container image in both development and production.
Docker can still be run in the VM just fine, for cases where you want a reproducible build environment.
I do this at any company that lets me (and by lets, I mean doesn't explicitly forbid) - They all give me a Mac, and the first (and sometimes only) thing I install is usually vmware fusion, followed by the linux distro of my choice (Arch).