[thayne]

If you use an LTS version of Ubuntu (or Red Hat etc.), you are going to have older versions of software. That's just how it works. And is kind of the point of LTS. If you want more recent versions, use a rolling release or a more recent (non-LTS) version of Ubuntu (or whatever). The latest version of podman is going to depend on recent versions of the kernel and systemd, etc. and isn't going to work well on an older distro with older versions of those dependencies.

[curt15]

It's interesting that Linux users have been conditioned to expect this level of coupling when any other user would find that absurd. Do Windows 10 users expect to be stuck on software from 2015? Should one have to switch to Windows Insiders just to run recent games?

[syhol]

It's just a choice of stability https://vanillaos.org/blog/article/2023-01-31/point-vs-rolli...

[rsyring]

There's a perfectly legit reason for wanting a stable, non-rolling, OS while keeping some software updated beyond versions the OS provides.

Lots of other software providers seem to care about being compatible with LTS releases of popular distros, like...Docker! They seem to manage supporting the older kernel and systemd versions just fine.

And, my entire argument here, is that this difference between Podman and Docker is glaring and one of the reasons Podman isn't more popular.