[bryanlarsen]

"but I will never have to use docker if I don't want to."

I predict that fairly soon install instructions for a lot of different types of software will be "docker run ..."

For example, try running discourse without using docker.

[qwertyuiop924]

Install deps, configure it, done. Looks straightforward, if a tad undocumented.

The thing is, the inside of a docker container is by definition indistinguishable from a regular linux install. Discourse isn't dependent on Docker, not the same way GNOME is dependent on systemd: It just encourages you to use it.

[digi_owl]

And others will list systemd as a hard dependency. The future will be "fun".