If you are on a Mac or Windows, this approach only works for utilities that can run on Linux. If you need to run a native Mac program for example, docker won't

If you are on a Mac or Windows, this approach only works for utilities that can run on Linux. If you need to run a native Mac program for example, docker won't be able to run that. Perhaps Nix might help here, but I've never used it, so can't say for sure.