[Izmaki]

None of your companies need to worry about licenses. Docker ENGINE is free and open source. Docker DESKTOP is a software suite that requires you to purchase a license to use in a company.

But Docker Engine, the core component which works on Linux, Mac and Windows through WSL2, that is completely and 1000% free to use.

[xhrpost]

From the official docs:

>This section describes how to install Docker Engine on Linux, also known as Docker CE. Docker Engine is also available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, through Docker Desktop.

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

I'm not an expert but everything I read online says that Docker runs on Linux so with Mac you need a virtual environment like Docker Desktop, Colima, or Podman to run it.

[LelouBil]

Docker desktop will run a virtual machine for you. But you can simply install docker engine in wsl or in a VM on mac exactly like you would on linux (you give up maybe automatic port forwarding from the VM to your host)

[iainmerrick]

If you're already paying for Macs, is paying for Docker Desktop really a big problem?

[matsemann]

If you've installed Docker on Windows you've most likely done that by using Docker Desktop, though.

[Izmaki]

That's just one way. The alternative is WSL 2 with Docker Engine.

[GrantMoyer]

Docker Engine without Docker Desktop is available through winget as "Docker CLI"[1].

[1]: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifes...

[mmcnl]

I just follow the official Linux instructions on the Docker website. It just works.

[t43562]

Right, we were using macs - same story.

[t43562]

Those companies use docker desktop on their dev's machines.

[connicpu]

There's no need if all your devs use desktop Linux as their primary devices like we do where I work :)

[Almondsetat]

That's their completely optional prerogative

[firesteelrain]

Podman is inside the Ubuntu WSL image. No need for docker at all

[kordlessagain]

This is not correct, at least when looking at my screen:

(base) kord@DESKTOP-QPLEI6S:/mnt/wsl/docker-desktop-bind-mounts/Ubuntu/37c7f28..blah..blah$ podman

Command 'podman' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install podman