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Why isn't installing docker from the Debian repositories recommended? (feddit.uk)
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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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[–] 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.