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AppleInsider - Early Docker build demonstrates incoming Apple Silicon support - xSicKxBot - 11-29-2020
Early Docker build demonstrates incoming Apple Silicon support
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<p>The virtualization software Docker is getting closer to being usable by developers on an <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/Apple-Silicon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Silicon</a> Mac, with an early version of the tool confirmed as being able to run on the new chip architecture. </p>
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<p>Mentioned in Apple’s launch of its Apple Silicon Mac lineup, Docker has yet to fully make the transition from being usable on Intel Macs to versions using <a href="https://appleinsider.com/inside/m1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">M1</a>. In a tweet, it seems the work to make the transition is making progress. </p>
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<p>Docker VP of engineering Jean-Laurent Morlhorn <a href="https://twitter.com/morlhon/status/1332609373051478016?s=21">shared a post</a> on Twitter by developer Dave Scott, <a href="https://twitter.com/mugofsoup/status/1332382741892124675/photo/1">showing</a> a version of Docker that is working on an M1 Mac. In commenting on the screenshot, Morlhorn adds it is a “super early version of Docker Desktop running on Apple Silicon.” </p>
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<p>While the post is a good sign for users of the tool, it doesn’t mean it will be released imminently with Apple Silicon support, as Morlhorn advises there’s “no publicly available build yet.” </p>
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<p>On November 16, Docker advised it was <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/17/docker-reveals-why-its-virtual-machine-isnt-yet-on-apple-silicon-m1">actively working</a> through the steps needed to get it working on M1 hardware. Aiming to “provide the same great experience on the new Macs” and for a seamless transition, developer Ben De St Paer-Gotch explained there was a need to move its “plumbing” to Apple’s new hypervisor framework, and that using Rosetta 2 doesn’t get Docker Desktop “all the way.” </p>
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<p>The company also has to rely on software by other firms that need to go through the same transition process. The list included <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/20/core-slack-discord-technology-electron-now-supports-apple-silicon">Electron</a>, which officially started to support M1 on November 20. </p>
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<p>Docker isn’t the only virtualization software wrestling with the move to M1. Both <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/11/parallels-confirms-apple-m1-support-amid-silence-from-other-virtualization-companies">Parallels and VMWare</a> have confirmed support for M1 is on the way for their respective tool packages. </p>
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