Re: github Discussions

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/7/24 19:00, Tobias Boege wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2024, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> > On 3/7/24 17:28, T Lee Davidson wrote:
[snip]
> > > Perhaps a discussion solution that could please everyone would be having
> > > a discussion application that functions as both a discussion forum and
> > > as a mailing list by user choice.
> > >
> > > I know of only one such software: Discourse.
> > > https://www.discourse.org/features
> > > https://github.com/discourse/discourse
> > >
> > > I read, though, that it is resource heavy but have no personal knowledge of that.
> >
> > Well crap! A quick read of the Beginner Docker install guide appears to
> > indicate that it requires root access on the server and, therefore, probably
> > cannot be installed on shared hosting.
>
> podman (https://podman.io) is an alternative to Docker which does not
> require a daemon or root privileges. Apparently Dockerfiles and images
> are standardized through the Open Container Initiative and podman can
> process and use them without problems, even if they were made by and
> for Docker.
>
> Best,
> Tobias

Well, that is interesting. I had briefly run across Podman here and there, but having almost zero interest in containers had not 
paid attention to it. Maybe that would be an option to use Discourse; if anyone is interested.

(It is good to hear from you again, Tobi.)


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Lee