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Faster Podman Workloads on macOS and Windows
Read more: Faster Podman Workloads on macOS and WindowsIf you are a developer using Podman on macOS or Windows, you might have noticed that certain operations, specifically building images with large contexts or loading large image tarballs, can sometimes feel slower compared to native Linux or Docker. I’ve spent some time investigating this performance gap, and my research led me to a recent…
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Wrestling with Netlink: Adding Conntrack Support to Podman as an LFX Mentee
Read more: Wrestling with Netlink: Adding Conntrack Support to Podman as an LFX MenteeIn this post, I am going to share my journey as an LFX Mentee. I worked with the Podman Container Tools organization to solve a specific networking issue in Netavark using Rust. What is LFX Mentorship? It is a remote program organized by the Linux Foundation. It is designed to help people start contributing to…
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Accelerating Parallel Layer Creation
Read more: Accelerating Parallel Layer CreationEarlier this year, my colleague Jan Rodak worked on Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal. It worked out so well that we wanted to tackle the other side of the problem: Layer Creation. Layer creation is even slower than removal as we must write all data to disk and not just just unlink files so there is…
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Those pesky system connections
Read more: Those pesky system connectionsDevelopment of Podman 6 is heating up! I have another usability improvement to share with you that some people see when running the Podman CLI. This case usually came up when people had created multiple machines. It was also more prevalent on Macs where people were using both libkrun and applehv provider machines and attempting…
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Podman 6: machine usability improvements
Read more: Podman 6: machine usability improvementsI wanted to introduce a significant change we are making in Podman 6 for our machine function. To understand the problem and change, we first need to establish that Podman machine is based on a concept of providers. The provider is a generic term that describes how Podman runs the Linux virtual machine. The following…
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Disturbances in the force …
Read more: Disturbances in the force …Podman 6 development is under way. Last week, we began the release process for Podman 5.7. At the same time, we switched our main branch over to version `6.0.0-dev`. We anticipate delivering Podman 6 in early 2026. Learn more by following our upstream development for the exciting changes and expect more from us as we…
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Podman 5.6 Released
Read more: Podman 5.6 ReleasedWe’re excited to announce the release of Podman 5.6, packed with significant new features and improvements that enhance the container management experience. This release brings substantial updates to Quadlet management, enhanced remote client capabilities, and numerous quality-of-life improvements. Quadlet Management One of the most significant additions in Podman 5.6 is the new suite of Quadlet…
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Unlocking Speed: Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal in Podman v5.6
Read more: Unlocking Speed: Accelerating Parallel Layer Removal in Podman v5.6Container images are fundamentally structured as a series of read-only layers, with a writable layer typically added on top when a container instance is created. This layered architecture facilitates efficient storage and distribution by allowing multiple images to share common base layers. However, removing a layer, especially one that multiple images or containers might reference,…
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Managing Containers with the Model Context Protocol
Read more: Managing Containers with the Model Context ProtocolThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) is gaining significant traction in AI. This protocol, supported by most large language model (LLM) providers, enhances an LLM’s capabilities, allowing it to manage resources like your laptop’s filesystem, AWS services, and most importantly for this discussion, containers. MCP uses a client-server architecture. The local MCP client connects an LLM…
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Podman and Apple Rosetta
Read more: Podman and Apple RosettaHello Podman users, I wanted to make you aware of a problem our team has been having on Apple MacOS in the recent months. And no, this is not an Apple bashing opportunity; I simply want to be transparent and communicate this specific problem and how it impacts our users. Our Podman machine OS images…
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