Replacing Docker with Podman

[robi]

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/podman-vs-docker

With new licensing is it time to look at podman?
https://pakstech.com/blog/replace-docker-with-podman/

[LoudLemur]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Is there a tool that easily converts a Docker into a Podman?

How well would Podman work with reproducible builds?
https://reproducible-builds.org/

What would the advantage/disadvantage be of having a monolithic platform?

I wonder how true it would be to say that a Docker is like a binary blob, and whether Podman would be less like that.

[LoudLemur]

Bump

https://podman.io/
https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/podman-vs-docker/

[robi]

@Staff has not chimed in on this.. might make sense for the next big jump at v8.0.

[girish]

Don't have much experience with podman. Can anyone share?

[LoudLemur]

@girish said in Replacing Docker with Podman:

Don't have much experience with podman. Can anyone share?

I haven't tried it, so asked the AI... from YouChat:

[girish]

@LoudLemur Atleast, for the end user, replacing Docker with podman has no real benefit. I think another aspect is more people know Docker than Podman. This makes support much simpler for us. Same reason we chose Ubuntu, though other distros are suitable/progressive Currently, Docker has much practical benefits and is actively maintained. Also, the container tools use the same abstractions underneath now - libcontainer, runc etc.