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by Bayart 1366 days ago
> Why do I need Docker for such a simple task?

Containers are more consistent and have less side effects than packages.

> I'm sorry but installing Docker on a tiny VPS last time I checked wasn't any light at all.

There's very little overhead and it takes a one liner[1] to install it.

[1]: curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh