Painless desktop containers for everyday development

Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by zamalek on Saturday June 04, 2022 @05:50PM (#31625448)

That is significantly more steps than Distrobox or Toolbox (2:39, vs probably 0:30), and it uses Docker and Ubuntu. Folks, we should be forever grateful what Docker and Ubuntu achieved but they have lived well into the "become the villain" territory.

I have my containers built by Gitlab[1], and I jump into them with Distrobox. It honestly couldn't be simpler.

[1]: https://gitlab.com/jcdickinson/containers/

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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by user787837 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @05:55PM (#31625481)

Wait, 2 steps for the installation are too many? :)

On a serious note, I think it has been made clear this isn't intended just for Docker, but any other container engine too, potentially. And from my experience using it every day, it saves a ton of time. As opposed to regular Docker usage patterns. I just navigate to my project directory and type `dock`. There is no need for any external service, such as Gitlab or even Docker Hub.

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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by pottertheotter on Sunday June 05, 2022 @01:24AM (#31628272)

Could you expound on Docker and Ubuntu “becoming the villain”?

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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by zamalek on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:35AM (#31641809)

Docker: almost any thread about Docker on HN has someone complaining about it. It doesn't work properly on M1 (which is arguably Apple's fault, but the likes of Rancher have done a much better job than Docker). Several of their tools are in a half-baked state. Other tools are abandonware.

Ubuntu: Snaps.

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