Yeah. But, at least for me, it is super fast and reliable on my macOS, and I use it for more than a year. And more importantly, it is free for my personal use. So why not? 🤷♂️
I used Orbstack for a year and I like it alot. It is drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop and it is my preferred way to run an Linux VM. It is fast, lightweight, reliable & free (for personal use at least). The only 2 problems I encountered was: file system for Linux VM seems to be case insensitive? and you cannot switch to your custom kernel, because Orbstack is built upon a custom kernel maintained by the Orbstack developer.
Free version has the .local domains and the UI features but not the debug feature IIRC. What wasn’t mentioned though is that you might be able to create a similar experience to debug using the machine feature and switching the namespace to that of the running container. You’d then have the tools installed in the machine (Ubuntu etc. ) available inside the container without spoiling the container with bloat.
Not open source, and not enterprise free license so it is a No.
Not only that, one man’s company and no compliance sec certifications! I can’t trust this tool this way.
Valid points.
Yeah. But, at least for me, it is super fast and reliable on my macOS, and I use it for more than a year. And more importantly, it is free for my personal use. So why not? 🤷♂️
Awesome overview! 🙌 Thank you!
I used Orbstack for a year and I like it alot. It is drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop and it is my preferred way to run an Linux VM. It is fast, lightweight, reliable & free (for personal use at least). The only 2 problems I encountered was: file system for Linux VM seems to be case insensitive? and you cannot switch to your custom kernel, because Orbstack is built upon a custom kernel maintained by the Orbstack developer.
Does the free version have debug shell, .local domains and the rest of the UI features you showed here?
Nope
Free version has the .local domains and the UI features but not the debug feature IIRC.
What wasn’t mentioned though is that you might be able to create a similar experience to debug using the machine feature and switching the namespace to that of the running container. You’d then have the tools installed in the machine (Ubuntu etc. ) available inside the container without spoiling the container with bloat.
Impressive, I'll give it a try
What is with Podman Desktop?
Hiya! Just did a video on this, check it out 🙂th-cam.com/video/SIvoAOpXZPg/w-d-xo.html
looks intreating will check it out, is it owned by better stack website is same style?
No affiliation, the team here just use it and like it. Guess they have a good eye for stylish sites 🙂
- James
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