I think that soon we will see private (and painful to install) applications running without effort & transparently into Docker containers.

I've already started to do this for annoying environments to replicate, such as cross compiling applications. We simply have a master Dockerfile that creates an image that everyone on the team can share.

The cross compile environment can then either be started via a Makefile, or you can run it interactively if you want to use gdbserver or something. Also makes it easy to have a build server compile the binaries on a code push.

I also was hoping for this BUT the security issues with a container system (runs in root and not user space) makes me think there is a better solution. There are a few Linux package management systems that use a folder to install all the libraries inside a application's folder. This would also run in user space and not within root space like containers need to run.

It's actually just an issue with Docker.

Container technology (and the Linux namespaces behind it) support the ability to run containers as non-root by translating the user with a namespace.

It just seems like container like system would fix so many issues with Desktop Linux if it ran on metal. I also like the idea of a Git type system that installed everything to a folder.

It's disappointing that the announcement doesn't even mention that this is Mac OS only.

Sorry! Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the blog. Right now it's Mac only because Kitematic runs on Mac right now, but we are working hard on delivering a Windows version soon :)

No problem. This is still a great accomplishment. I understand that there's a lot to do to make all this happen. Although I'm actually hoping to see a Linux version :)

In fairness, "Try on Hipster Desktop" is an awful lot of text to fit onto a button.

Kinematic for Mac has a sweet interface but, as far as my testing has been able to discern, it only works with the six recommended images.

All of the WordPress images available via Kitematic's search failed to work, which is a pity because it would have been the most immediately useful application for the greatest number of users. I don't know of many people actually using the much-hyped Ghost blogging platform.