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IMO if Docker is important to you then Orbstack is worth it.

The debug shell feature alone makes it better than any alternative, and hopefully that subscription money is put towards more unique features.

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if i understood that page, debug shell is... "exec" with a nicer .bashprofile and injected text editor binary???

It's installing additional packages which may not have been included in your base image.

> Debug Shell works by injecting a debugging environment using: > NixOS for a large package collection, and flexibility with filesystem paths

It's an alternative to https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/debug/, which is also a paid feature.

Debugging slim or distroless images is quite the pain, so a tool like this is worth it if you're frequently working on such images.

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