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Every time I use podman (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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EDIT: For some context, I recently gave podman another go. I have a few services on my homelab server set up in docker containers, so I tried migrating to podman.

After the second major bug (open issue on github) I encountered looked like it would require completely dropping using compose files to work around, I gave up and went back to docker.

I like the idea of podman, but it’s just not stable. I’ll try again in a year or so.

As a bonus, docker’s CLI is significantly nicer.

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[–] 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not requiring a service running in root context.

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    Not requiring a service running in root context.

    I don't think I've ever understood the distinction in this argument.

    Isn't systemd exactly that, a service running in root context?

    I mean yeah you can technically run podman containers by hand as a non-privileged user but nobody does that, let's be serious. Everybody uses systemd for management and autostart.

    I really don't understand how running a container through docker as a non-privileged user and dropping all caps is any different from doing the same through systemd + podman.

    Tons of other services do that, ssh, CUPS etc.

    If anybody can explain the difference I'd appreciate it.

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