Docker 29 has changed its default image store for new installs | Hacker News

Docker 29 now defaults fresh installs to the containerd image store.

The new store keeps both compressed and uncompressed image data, which can increase disk usage versus legacy drivers.

The change has sparked concern in the HN community, especially for large ML and CUDA images.

Users worry it could slow development and consume much more storage on laptops and NVMe-backed systems.