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docker for mac will allow you to run anything you want inside a container. I like to use temp containers to build things without the pain of setting up tools

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Yeah. But docker is a just a container. Not only do I sometimes develop things in console ( for services) but also develop tools in DE (such as PyCharm, IDEA, QT creator, android studio).

What's the difference if you install GNU/Linux on a Mac, will you regret it?

with a little bit of tweaking you can run desktop apps in containers. check out Jessie Frazelle's dockerfiles: https://github.com/jessfraz/dockerfiles

edit: to answer your question: you'll probably encounter bugs and glitches, as the hardware may not be fully supported. i've heard of issues with wifi, bluetooth, power management, etc.

Yeah docker won't get you GUI software like QT Creator to use those on my mac (when I had a mac) I used a regular virutal box vm with a full xubuntu install.

check out https://hub.docker.com/r/zachdeibert/qt-creator/

desktop apps in docker are just a matter of mounting relevant drivers and files in the container

Okay. So basically this guy uses docker to set up a X11 server with qt creator and other development environment in a server. Meaning while, the user can use a local X11 client to connect to the X11 server which do the real computing.

But this highly depends on the quality of Internet. Every PC can do it with a X11 client.

This is a good try, but not very practical.

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