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Should I move to Docker? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm a retired Unix admin. It was my job from the early '90s until the mid '10s. I've kept somewhat current ever since by running various machines at home. So far I've managed to avoid using Docker at home even though I have a decent understanding of how it works - I stopped being a sysadmin in the mid '10s, I still worked for a technology company and did plenty of "interesting" reading and training.

It seems that more and more stuff that I want to run at home is being delivered as Docker-first and I have to really go out of my way to find a non-Docker install.

I'm thinking it's no longer a fad and I should invest some time getting comfortable with it?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 66 points 11 months ago (17 children)

dude, im kinda you. i just jumped into docker over the summer... feel stupid not doing it sooner. there is just so much pre-created content, tutorials, you name it. its very mature.

i spent a weekend containering all my home services.. totally worth it and easy as pi[hole] in a container!.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (5 children)

As a guy who's you before summer.

Can you explain why you think it is better now after you have 'contained' all your services? What advantages are there, that I can't seem to figure out?

Please teach me Mr. OriginalLucifer from the land of MoistCatSweat.Com

[–] BeefPiano@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

No more dependency hell from one package needing libsomething.so 5.3.1 and another service absolutely can only run with libsomething.so 4.2.0

That and knowing that when i remove a container, its not leaving a bunch of cruft behind

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