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Docker Alternative: Podman on Linux (linuxblog.io)
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Let’s walk through what Podman is and how to use it as a Docker alternative on Linux. Expect a straightforward guide on installing Podman, running containers with it, and understanding the basics.

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[–] 59 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

Podman is great, but I only found it useful after learning quadlets and how to use podlet to generate quadlets (or quadlet pods) from dockerfiles. Now all my containers run with nice systemd commands in rootless podman containers instead of rooted dockerfiles (coz docker requires root unless you jump through hoops, when I started you couldn't). Quadlet syntax is so much cleaner than docker too.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You can also just use podman compose without learning a new system and just use published compose files directly.

    rootless docker isn't too difficult (anymore). I wouldn't change a running system but for a new system it's always podman.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I like quadlets, but I wish podlet could handle translating external networks. Right now, it just fails, and needs manual intervention. Also, afaik, there's no way to preserve comments when translating.

    For me, it's the opposite. I vastly prefer the compose syntax. In general, I guess I prefer yaml based syntax to toml or json based ones. It's just more readable due to the indentation.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    but I wish podlet could handle translating external networks. Right now, it just fails, and needs manual intervention. Also, afaik, there’s no way to preserve comments when translating.

    Yeah, valid, it always needs an eye on the output, but it gets you at least 90+% of the way, often 100%.

    I like that the syntax is systemd derived, YMMV I guess.

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