Docker for Desktop went from being complete garbage to a ...

1. We were all spending 6-8 hours per week trying bending our host OS to work like Linux. Containers, package managers, compatibility layers, different autocompletes, etc... all do create work. All the adaptations to avoid running Linux also often don't work identically to the real thing (i.e. VM CPU & memory allocation vs. Linux container CPU & memory allocation, installing Postgres on MacOS vs Linux) so there's lots of little learning curves. … KronisLV on June 6, 2022 This is probably the most important point and something that I can wholeheartedly agree with! On Windows, you get the occasional issues with bind mounts or file permissions (e.g. wanting to use a container that has SSH keys in it, but software complaining about 77X access, instead of 700, which you literally cannot change), or even networking. … Running boring plain vanilla Ubuntu LTS with the ("curse you, FreeDesktop.org!") Gnome Shell and a few extensions that probably drive the minimalists on the Gnome Project bonkers (also running a lot of web apps like Gmail and Keep as PWAs). Or at least I hope they do.