> Most Mac users I see using it struggle to see the difference between "image" and "container". Complete lack of understanding.
Because they just want their software package to run and they have been given some magic docker incantation that, if they are lucky, actually launches everything correctly.
The first time I used Docker I had so many damn issues getting anything to work I was put off of it for a long time. Heck even now I am having issues getting GPU pass through working, but only for certain containers, other containers it is working fine for. No idea what I am even supposed to do about that particular bit of joy in my life.
> All the same stuff can easily be done from cli.
If a piece of technology is being forced down a user's throat, users just wants it to work and go out of their way so they can get back to doing their actual job.
I don't believe it's possible to run Docker on macOS without Docker Desktop (at least not without something like lima.) AFAIUI, Docker Desktop contains not just the GUI, but also the hypervisor layer. Is my understanding mistaken?
First, I guess I'll just invoke Sturgeon's law[1] -- almost all software, especially if you don't really understand it, is crap, and probably the software you understand is also crap, you're just used to it. Good software is pretty tricky to make.
But second -- I use colima lots, on my home macs and my work macs, and it mostly just works. The profiles stuff is kinda annoying and I find myself accidentally running arm when I want x86, or other tedious config issues crop up. But it actually has been easier to live with than docker desktop where I'd run out of space and things would fall apart.
Docker on MacOS is broadly going work poorly relative to it on linux, just from having to run the docker stuff in a linux vm that's hiding somewhere behind the scenes.
If you find too much friction with any of these, probably it's easier to just run a linux vm on the mac and interact with docker in the 'native' environment. I've found UTM to be quite a bit easier to live with than virtualbox.
> almost all software, especially if you don't really understand it, is crap, and probably the software you understand is also crap, you're just used to it. Good software is pretty tricky to make.
Most software has issues, but Colima is noticeably worse than most software I've used. And the complete lack of documentation is definitely not normal.
Most Mac users I see using it struggle to see the difference between "image" and "container". Complete lack of understanding.
All the same stuff can easily be done from cli.