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Replace Docker for Mac with colima
brew install lima colima
colima start --cpu 2 --memory 4 --disk 60
# create new context to test colima
# with persisted setting like DOCKER_HOST=unix://$HOME/.colima/docker.sock
docker context create colima --docker host=unix://$HOME/.colima/docker.sock
docker context use colima
docker version | grep ubuntu
# the command should give you some output like this (since it is ubuntu based)
# Git commit: 20.10.7-0ubuntu1~21.04.2
# Version: 1.5.2-0ubuntu1~21.04.3
# Version: 1.0.0~rc95-0ubuntu1~21.04.2
# let's have a test
docker run --rm -it ubuntu:20.04
# to have debug in the Linux VMs
colima ssh
# To remove docker for mac and replace it with docker client utils
# WARN: only do so when you know what you are doing + you have tested the new environment properly
brew remove --cask docker
brew install docker
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