It's especially annoying on Qubes OS, where my GNU/Linux already runs in a VM.

There's podman desktop which can be installed from flatpak and supports docker as well as other platforms, podman, k8s etc... as an alternative

A consistent *inefficient experience.

I can see why they did it. It causes far less support issues for everyone involved. Especially the kernel versions bit. The security argument is a decent mitigation against low-effort attacks.

They are probably making the assumption that Linux users who care are also more likely to be able to use alternatives to docker desktop.

Matryoshka

Tell HN:

Thanks for this PSA, I feel dumb now. I just switched to a Linux laptop from a Mac at work and just mindlessly installed Docker Desktop like I did on Mac. Years ago I was a Linux know it all, but I've let myself go.

Try to use moby instead since that is the engine in Docker.

https://github.com/moby/moby