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Re:Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, Comp... by mattgreenrocks on Thursday November 14, 2024 @04:19PM (#42141341)
Dumb question: is it rootless for users on something like macOS?

I'd love to get the benefits of Docker without the battery drain and the Docker software, but I'm not sure if Podman would help much with either.

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Re:Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, Comp... by goalieca on Thursday November 14, 2024 @04:42PM (#42141541)
On macOS it creates a centos VM to run containers in. Rootless simply means that the root user in a container maps to the runner outside and not as the actual system root.

Edit: .. because the runner is not needing to run as root

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