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> - Can't do Linux development

How do you figure that? Docker gives you a native linux runtime, and you can use x11 if you're developing GTK/QT clients.

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To be fair, docker doesn't run well on macOS. I've got a few containers that are mostly idle on Linux, but take two cores on my mac.

The divide between doesn't work, and doesn't work as well is pretty wide.

all my laptops/servers run linux and I too have noticed Docker run on osx is just not the same smooth tool as when run on a linux host although Docker was far worse on osx until a year or two ago ... to me the fixation people have for osx is purely inertia and over time the linux laptop will continue to gain converts from the Apple fan clubbers

And it burns you or the desk in the process. I hate Docker based workflows on macOS although loving the tool.

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