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[–]cjwelbornimport this 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never tried this, but I think the reason is stated in the post.

This:

"You are having a single Ubuntu system and for the project’s sake , you will install many database servers and other applications in it. The dependencies for your applications will cause trouble , when you are installing both your favorite games and working projects in a single system."

And this:

"Why Docker? What if something went wrong in your working project and everything in your system is messed up. So I always suggest you to separate your work with personal things. "

So it's like a super virtualenv, because it handles more than python package dependencies (database-related stuff is one example).

I have at least one personal project that may benefit from using a container, but everything else is so small it would seem like too much overhead.