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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by j1elo on Saturday June 04, 2022 @07:31PM (#31626238)
After just reading most of the first half of the docs (skimming some parts, because in occasions it delves too much into fine details, I feel it lacks a bit of conciseness), I'm still not sure I understood well why this tool needs to use specifically built images, instead of just grabbing whatever is the current `ubuntu:20.04` image and install stuff on top of it.

The page didn't achieve conveying this clearly to me. I might be a bit obtuse today but as I went on and on reading, the question remained about why exactly this tool is not just starting from well known (and trusted) Docker images. The "trusted" part is important: I kind of trust that official Ubuntu images are not tampered with anything fishy.

Could you expand on this?

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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by smoochy on Saturday June 04, 2022 @07:36PM (#31626282)
You're quite correct in addressing the issue, indeed, why wouldn't it just grab an image from Docker Hub and make it dock-compatible? And that's what I'm working on. See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31625086#31625750

Best ideas aren't always the first ones in the queue. Remember, I built it for myself first and never thought I'd do a release, so there was no point to it initially.

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Re:Painless desktop containers for everyday development by j1elo on Saturday June 04, 2022 @07:48PM (#31626379)
Very nice to hear that. Being able to build from base images adds a level of confidence.

I see that it is first and foremost a tool written for personal productivity, so congrats on deciding to release it! No doubt, improvements can be added progressively, when/if they happen. Well done.

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