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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by kristjansson on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:53PM (#28370466)
Docker Engine only runs on Linux.

Docker for Mac/Windows sets up a Linux VM using macOS/Windows native virtualization via the open-source HyperKit/VPNKit abstractions maintained by Docker-the-Company and the community. That VM runs Docker Enginer (dockerd) and all interaction (docker CLI commands, shared volumes, networking, etc.) are proxied into that VM.

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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by OldTimeCoffee on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:34PM (#28371779)
So unless I'm missing something important, why not just use docker engine directly on a wsl2 instance?
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by kristjansson on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:58PM (#28372778)
I’m not a Windows user but AIUI just running dockerd in WSL2 misses some of the volume sharing and networking niceties. Nothing that couldn’t be replicated though
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by mongol on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:48PM (#28371949)
Is that working? Does wsl2 provide more than a shell?
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by dharmab on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:55PM (#28372019)
WSL2 uses a full Linux VM running under HyperV.
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by devoutsalsa on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:15PM (#28372243)
WSL2 can get weird when you start trying to install software with low level virtualization and file system features. YMMV. I’d use it to install apps, but I wouldn’t be confident it’d work with Docker. Even if it did initially work, eventually you’ll hit a problem for which there is no googleable answer & good luck with that.
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by amaranth on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:46PM (#28372619)
Docker Desktop installs dockerd in a WSL2 instance these days instead of using VirtualBox so I'd assume it works pretty well now.
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by w7 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:52PM (#28372696)
Current Docker on Windows detects if you have WSL2 or not, and gives you the option of just installing docker in WSL2 + configuring the Windows docker tools to manipulate the docker daemon running in WSL2.
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by mongol on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @04:01AM (#28377395)
But what does it run as PID1? I think not systemd?
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Re:Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies by singingboyo on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:36PM (#28372510)
Last I recall, docker desktop on windows explicitly recommended WSL2 over Hyper-V or whatever based setups.
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