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It seems like podman would be way harder as you need to configure systemd and manage containers yourself.
With docker compose you apply it and docker creates the containers you need.
I dont know if you still need an external repo for docker, podman is in the system repo.
When using Containers it works the same. Yes systemd stuff may be manual thats what Podman Desktop is probably for.
Its more secure, more free and when learning it new anyways, why not the better tool?
Podman is not really a replacement for docker. It is its own separate thing and it has trade offs with docker.
The reason I use podman on my local machine and for Jellyfin is that it is darn fast. It makes docker look like a emulator by comparison. With that being said the issue with podman is mostly permission related. However, it also has some instability in cases where a container malfunctions. This often is happens when you try to stop and start a container at the same time.
Once that happens the runtime effectively locks up as the system is in a state that it doesn't know how to handle.
Some of the benefits of docker include its ability to recover from just about anything. If you need a container to always be available docker can do that. It also can do on the fly patching and self healing.
Docker compose is very nice to have for larger software with multiple containers. I can write a docker compose that builds and deploys my nodejs applications with a database back end and it will just work without any issues. Deploy it and you are good.
Thanks for the info, I have little personal experience especially with compose.
How is podman compose after setting it up?
Podman compose is very much lacking and breaks easily (don't use it)