Container made it easy to run Linux on my MacBook - here's how I set it up

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Container is a solid tool to develop for Linux on MacOS.
• It deploys lightweight Linux containers on Apple silicon.
• Container is a free command-line tool.

I've used all sorts of container tools over the years: Docker, Docker Desktop, Podman, Portainer… the list goes on. Most of my container work has been handled on various Linux machines, but every once in a while, I want to work with my MacBook. Either way, I've found there are always choices.

My first choice (when using my MacBook) is to SSH into a Linux machine and work from the command line. But what happens when I don't have a network available (or I'm away from my home)?

Well, there's a new version of the command-line tool for MacOS, called Container, that is just as good as the tools I've used on...

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