Replacing Docker Desktop on my MacBook in under an hour

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When Darth Docker sent me the email changing the terms of use retroactively (!) I decided to start looking for alternatives.
About 30 minutes later I found Lima (and nerdctl). 
Less than an hour later, I no longer use Docker Desktop. 
Not even for retrieving container images in corportate repos that require credentials.

I just replaced Docker on my MacBook with Lima.

$ brew install lima

Then set up a default execution environment for nerdctl:

$ limactl start default (default is ubuntu something something)

Next, I added to my ~/.zshrc:

$ alias docker='lima nerdctl'

And my operational container images in Artifcatory are running for me using standard docker login and docker run , etc.
Maybe there’s a gotcha, but for my terraform and ansible containers, this works perfect — don’t even need to edit my history.

For more information on Lima, execute:
$ brew info lima
and follow the links to the github repo.
From there, visit the links to nerdctl :)