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Lcl.host: fast, easy HTTPS in your local dev environment
If you don't need a GUI, the following combo works pretty well:
- https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
- https://github.com/peterldowns/localias
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Damn Small Linux 2024
You might look into CoLima as a way to get started.
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file
Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers.
For full desktop, I've only used the commercial app "Parallels", which can set up an Ubuntu desktop for you. Also Fedora and Alpine and Debian I believe.
But
> I don't really have any resources to share. I just know how to boot a vmlinuz with an initramfs using QEMU, and decided to download the Linux kernel source code and try compiling it.
I highly recommend working through Linux from Scratch and possibly the Gentoo Handbook. It's a journey.
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Howto: WASM runtimes in Docker / Colima
I could not find any guide how to add WASM container capability to Docker running on Colima. This guide provides a few Colima templates for exactly this, which adds WasmEdge, Wasmtime and Wasmer runtime types.
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RamRamRamEveryoneSleepingOnDocker
Colima runs much faster on Macos: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
After docker desktop became unusable, I jumped to colima and never looked back. I still use the docker runtime in it (the non-proprietary part) but it also supports containerd. On Mac it's just a "brew install colima" and then "colima start"
I also install the compose and ecr credentials plug-ins (since I use ecr for my container registry.) It has the full functionality of docker desktop minus the UI, which I never used anyways.
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes
On my M1 Pro system, I have nothing but positive things to say about the experience of using Colima (https://github.com/abiosoft/colima). Quick to set up and fast to use.
- abiosoft/colima
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UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
I'd say Lima and Colima should be enough for most use cases:
https://lima-vm.io/
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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Lazydocker
The bash/zsh equivalent wouldn't be too hard, but I use fish.
[0] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima, https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fabiosof...
[1] https://orbstack.dev [3], https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Forbstack.dev
[2] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima#customizing-the-vm and https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#edi...
[3] I’m on OrbStack now, but it isn’t so much better at how I use Docker than Colima is that I think that it’s an instant buy, especially with the planned subscription model. If I used anything other than the Docker integration, I might think it's better, but as of right now, no.
I also have some issues with its insistence on asking for elevated permissions. I will never grant permission[4] to make a symlink to the "standard" Docker socket; context and `$DOCKER_HOST` work well enough. It should not ask if the permission hasn't been given once. I also worry about other "advanced" features that may need an elevated permissions helper[5].
[4] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment...
[5] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment... and following
- FLaNK Stack Weekly for 17 July 2023
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- Rancher Desktop v1.11.0 with Snapshots, Container Dashboard and More
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K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes
So, please please solve this request here: https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/18...
- Rancher Desktop 1.9 released with support for Docker Extensions
- Apple Virtualization Framework
- No docker options
- macOS Apple Silicon version is still Intel x86?
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Podman vs. Docker: Comparing the Two Containerization Tools – Linode
https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/releases
Then in Rancher Desktop you enable WSL integration as shown here:
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Nginx in KinD
If using rancher desktop: https://docs.rancherdesktop.io/tutorials/working-with-images/ https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/952
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New Docker Desktop: Run WASM Applications Alongside Linux Containers in Docker
> docker desktop is pretty dead now that it's got restrictive licensing etc...
It would probably be nice to hear more about why you think this is! I've certainly heard of some having to move away from Docker Desktop.
However, at the scale where you need a license (250 employees or 10 million $ in annual revenue) it's not quite as big of an issue, especially at their current pricing per seat: https://www.docker.com/pricing/
> stick to standard open source tools like Colima etc...
Sticking to open source is a great idea!
I think mentioning that Colima runs on macOS and Linux only at the moment is also a good idea: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
A large market share of the Docker Desktop installs are Windows in particular (since it's "the one way" how most install Docker nowadays, as opposed to not really needing a GUI or the supporting tools on Linux).
In another comment I mentioned Podman Desktop as a mostly viable alternative: https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop
Then there's also Rancher Desktop as well: https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop
Regardless, it's nice to see reputable orgs behind the open source projects as well, which gives a bit more credence to their chances of surviving for the years to come.
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Finch: An open-source client for container development
Great, then can you speak to whether rancher-desktop supports the "--platform" argument to "run" the same way that finch does?
I wouldn't mind answering it myself, but it looks like rancher-desktop is an electron something or other: https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/blob/v1.6... and even downloading the 500MB release zip shows that there's `Rancher Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/resources/darwin/lima/bin/limactl` hidden in it, but I'm a distrustful sort and I don't want to crawl through unlimited lines of typescript to find out what this is going to do to my system
Maybe it's just that I'm not the right audience for this, since I am the polar opposite of "some gui fanciness," as I came up through the docker-machine universe, and now colima, and thus have a lot more comfort debugging CLI tooling when something inevitably goes toes up
What are some alternatives?
lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
Podman Desktop - Podman Desktop - A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes
intellij-community - IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition & IntelliJ Platform
minikube - Run Kubernetes locally
multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances
podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...
remote-docker-aws - Remote Docker for local development hosted using AWS
orbstack - Fast, light, simple Docker containers & Linux machines for macOS
resharper-rider-plugin - https://www.jetbrains.com/help/resharper/sdk/