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The simplest way to use Docker on OS X

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The simplest way to use Docker on OS X

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month11 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-12-21 15:40:44 UTC to 2017-07-23 17:04:37 UTC.

012342015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 commentsDec 20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJul 2017

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Dec 20152015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
Jan 20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Feb 20162016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20162016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Apr 20162016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC404
May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Oct 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20162016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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therealmarv·Jan 2, 2017
About drivers: You are right... but things get a lot lot more messy if your specific USB driver is not maintained in the Linux Kernel. I have the opposite experience with memory pressure (speaking only about desktop here). macOS (& Windows) do memory compression by default and most of Linuxes I know don't do that by default. I also have the feeling that at least desktop Linux get's incredible slow when you run out of memory and swapping begins (never encountered similar amount of slowliness on Windows or macOS with low memory). Regarding container technology and macOS. If you are into docker checkout latest dlite beta: https://github.com/nlf/dlite/releases It runs docker on Kernel virtualization level on macOS with xhyve without the need of VirtualBox etc.
In Lenovo ThinkPad T460 – A Good Linux Laptop for Development
STRML·Apr 26, 2016
I'm also in the beta, and I like it a lot. It's functionally equivalent to `dlite`, which Nathan LaFreniere has done an extremely good job on. He deserves massive credit for making OSX Docker dev bearable and for providing the inspiration for "Docker for Mac". A few issues I've seen: 1. I cannot believe they are using `docker.local`. This hostname will cause nothing but trouble for years to come. DON'T USE `.local`! Apple has decided that `.local` belongs to Bonjour, and due to a longstanding bug with their IPv6 integration, you can expect to see a 5-10s random delay in your applications as Bonjour searches your local network to try to resolve `docker.local`. Yeah, you put it in your `/etc/hosts`? Doesn't matter. Still screws up. Use `docker.dev` or `local.docker`. [http://superuser.com/questions/370559/10-second-delay-for-lo...] 2. -beta
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8 is screwed up. It won't bind to its local ip anymore. The only option is to port forward from localhost. Unfortunately, Docker isn't offering a download of beta7. Thankfully, I still had the DMG around. 3. The polish is still lacking. Most menu bar items ask you to open up something else. 4. Why "Docker for Mac"? Couldn't the team think of a less confusing name? Now I have "Docker" running "docker". Otherwise - great projects, and again, much credit to @nlf for `dlite`. If you're not part of the beta, check out dlite (https://github.com/nlf/dlite). It's at least as good as Docker for Mac.
In Docker for Mac Beta Review

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