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Re:Run More Stuff in Docker by jcelerier on Sunday December 27, 2020 @02:53AM (#25549590)
> If you’re running Docker, you’re running Linux

As slow as it is some people apparently enjoy running docker from win / mac

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Re:Run More Stuff in Docker by mulmen on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:17AM (#25549656)
Docker needs Linux to work. On Mac/Windows containers run in a Linux virtual machine.
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Re:Run More Stuff in Docker by slavik81 on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:49AM (#25549787)
I thought so too, but apparently support for native Windows containers has existed for a while now. e.g. https://poweruser.blog/lightweight-windows-containers-using-...
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Re:Run More Stuff in Docker by mulmen on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:25PM (#25553962)
Neat! I had no idea this was a thing, thanks for sharing.
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Re:Run More Stuff in Docker by jcelerier on Sunday December 27, 2020 @05:02AM (#25550047)
I wouldn't call "running an app in a linux VM on windows", "running linux". As a user, your main interface with your computer is windows, which is what "i'm running windows" means, and obviously "you can use the same kernel features as Docker to sandbox applications yourself" wouldn't work, e.g. you couldn't sandbox photoshop like that.
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