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by mdeeks 640 days ago
Yes. The same docker commands, including docker-compose, all still work.

It just sets a new "docker context" that points to OrbStack's socket file instead. You can instantly switch back to Docker Desktop with a simple `docker context use desktop-linux` command. So it's nearly zero cost to just try it out.

  $ docker context ls
  NAME         DESCRIPTION                               DOCKER ENDPOINT
  default      Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration   unix:///var/run/docker.sock
  orbstack *   OrbStack                                  unix:///Users/mdeeks/.orbstack/run/docker.sock

OrbStack had the most noticeable difference for our users who were still on Intel Macbooks. It made mine stop spinning up fans randomly.