Docker Desktop 4.31 introduces a suite of powerful features aimed at enhancing security, performance, and usability. Key highlights include Air-Gapped Containers, allowing administrators to restrict container network access for heightened security. The release also integrates Docker Build Cloud, accelerating build processes by leveraging cloud infrastructure. Additionally, enhanced CI visibility with GitHub Actions and support for Windows on ARM (beta) expand development capabilities, while the new Compose File Viewer (beta) simplifies working with Compose files.

Installing Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 is straightforward with the right instructions. This post will walk you through removing any previous Docker versions, updating your system, installing the necessary prerequisites, and setting up the official Docker repository. Finally, you'll install Docker Engine, verify its service, add your user to the Docker group, and test the installation to ensure everything is set up correctly.

Docker Desktop provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for developing, building, testing, and running containerized applications on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Docker Desktop 4.30 introduces an experimental phase to simplify the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) configuration by reducing the previously required two Docker Desktop WSL distributions (docker-desktop and docker-desktop-data) into one, aiming to improve startup time and simplify the codebase.

Docker Desktop 4.18 introduced Docker Init, a helpful command to streamline the initial setup process of containerizing your applications. It lets you generate the necessary Docker assets by simply answering a few questions, saving you precious time and effort.

Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 8.2 includes new functionalities such as an automated installation tool for more straightforward setup on bare-metal servers, a migration wizard for VMware ESXi virtual machines, and a switch to an nftables-based firewall for enhanced security. It also introduces LXC device passthrough for containerized workloads and advanced backup settings to optimize resource utilization during backups. These updates are part of a broader release that updates core technologies and system components.

In a previous post, I covered Podman Desktop, an alternative to Docker Desktop. Today, I will look into Podman 5.0, the latest iteration of Red Hat's free open-source container engine. The new release brings significant enhancements, including revamped container engine code for Windows and macOS, native Apple Hypervisor support, and streamlined image building for Podman farms. Let's explore the new Podman 5.0 features and improvements.

Containers have revolutionized how we develop and deploy applications. However, managing them on your desktop can be a hassle. Podman Desktop is a free and open-source tool that lets you manage containers and Pods using a graphical user interface. In this post, you will learn how to get started with Podman Desktop.

Docker Desktop is designed for developers working on macOS and Windows. It offers a user-friendly interface for running Docker containers. It uses a lightweight virtual machine (VM) with a Linux kernel in the background so that you can run Linux containers on non-Linux systems. Docker Desktop does a great job hiding all the aspects of the VM under the hood so that Docker containers appear to be running natively on your host computer. Docker Desktop received an update a few days ago, and in this post, we will discuss what's new in Docker Desktop 4.28.