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Re:Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative by righthand on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:14PM (#38984644)
No, I’m not confusing requiring a DockerHub account to even install Docker. Though that is an excellent example of it’s non-openness, thank you.
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Re:Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative by mardifoufs on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:46PM (#38984912)
What? That's just completely wrong. Even for docker desktop (which is completely different from docker engine) you don't need an account
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Re:Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative by righthand on Saturday January 13, 2024 @05:08PM (#38985114)
It appears they have since reverted the decision in 2020 but it used to require logging in for Docker Engine:

https://github.com/docker/docs/issues/6910

I did not know this as I stopped using Docker long ago.

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Re:Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative by mardifoufs on Saturday January 13, 2024 @05:11PM (#38985149)
Oh yeah to be clear, I absolutely agree that docker desktop as a whole is a mess especially since they keep introducing more ways to tie it up to docker hub etc. I wouldn't use it unless I'm on windows. So yes, avoid docker desktop but docker (the engine) itself is thankfully completely separate from docker desktop.
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