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Discussion on: Why is Docker on macOS So Much Worse Than Linux?

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Tim Badolato

Inspired by Windows WSL which runs a Linux VM that is integrated with Windows. I decided to setup a Linux VM on Mac and install my Docker dev environment on the Linux VM. It actually runs a lot better than my native Mac Docker environment. I'm using Parallels Desktop which is a lot more performant than Virtual Box so that could also help things as well. I haven't seen or heard of anyone else doing this but it was the only way for me to get my dev environment to run from my Mac without running out of resources.

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Eric Nograles

Right there with you! I actually use a VirtualBox VM and just hook my host tooling up to it via SSH. Works so much better than Docker for Mac!

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Tim Badolato

Awesome! You should write a post about :)