https://iamlino.net/en/tags/portainer/Recent content in Portainer on I am LinoHugoenThu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/tutorials/installing-docker-without-selling-your-soul-to-desktop/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/tutorials/installing-docker-without-selling-your-soul-to-desktop/<p>There&rsquo;s a moment in every tech career when someone tells you: &ldquo;install Docker Desktop, next step.&rdquo; You comply, reboot, accept three EULAs without reading them, and after a while your laptop sounds like a jet engine and <code>Docker Desktop</code> decides to eat more RAM than your IDE, your open Chrome tabs, and all your unresolved trauma combined.</p> <p>Then you go back to the fine print and discover that, past a certain company size, <strong>Docker Desktop isn&rsquo;t even free</strong>: you need an <a href="https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/plan-availability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enterprise license</a> . Perfectly fair, but not always feasible — and that&rsquo;s when the quest begins: &ldquo;I want Docker, but I don&rsquo;t want another giant thing running in the background all day.&rdquo;</p>