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Should I learn Docker or Podman? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, I've been thinking for a few days whether I should learn Docker or Podman. I know that Podman is more FOSS and I like it more in theory, but maybe it's better to start with docker, for which there is a lot more tutorials. On the other hand, maybe it's better to straight up learn podman when I don't know any of the two and not having to change habits later. What do you think? For context, I know how containers works in theory, I know some linux I think well, but I never actually used docker nor podman. In another words: If I want to eventually end up with Podman, is it easier to start with docker and then learn Podman, or start with Podman right away? Thanks in advance

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I just downloaded Podman Desktop and am playing with this. Almost all videos and tutorials out there are for Docker but I'm going to watch those but actually use Podman instead to learn.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

They're pretty much the same. Use docker documentation for learning, but actually use podman, because it's nicer to use (doesn't require root, easier to install on many Linux distributions).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Podman only if you really care about using FOSS, having first-class rootless mode, and don't mind the hassle of scarce learning resource and tutorials on all Podman features that are different from docker.

Otherwise docker.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

As a podman user myself, they're essentially the same. I look at the docker documentation when learning new things about podman. 99.9% of the time, it's exactly the same. For the features that aren't in podman, you can use the podman-docker package. This gets you a daemon so you can have some docker-specific features such as a container being able to start/stop other containers by mounting the socket as a volume, and it allows you to use docker-compose.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Yes

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