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Why isn't installing docker from the Debian repositories recommended? (feddit.uk)
submitted 3 days ago by alonsohmtz@feddit.uk to c/debian@lemmy.world
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It's a bit strange how The Debian Way recommends installing software from the official repository, but not in the case of a crucial program like Docker.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Docker is far from crucial.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends who you ask. For someone running lots of containers, it’s pretty crucial.

[–] vegetaaaaaaa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are better alternatives, podman is daemonless and rootless by default, comes with a docker-compatible CLI, and far better container network implementations. It is also provided as stable/LTS package in Debian repositories so you won't have to upgrade your container runtime every 2 days (causing downtime), like running the upstream Docker package does.

The only reason to keep using Docker nowadays is if you have a lot of legacy apps that depend on Docker-specific features (e.g. require rootful containers). For most workflows it is a matter of alias docker=podman. If you use docker-compose, you do need to port your setup to podman quadlets, or systemd-managed containers though. For me it was worth it.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip -1 points 2 days ago

Debian is used as a server distro by a huge amount of people and many services are released as docker containers if debian doesn't consider docker crucial they are as outdated and delusional as it is written in the memes.