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		wz1000 on Jan 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Docker for Mac with Kubernetes I think the GP means that the purpose of Docker is to provide containers, which are a substitute for VMs. If you are going to be running a VM anyway, why run a container?

ianburrell on Jan 6, 2018 | [–]

The purpose of running Docker on Mac is to run Linux containers, mainly for developing or testing containers that will be run on Linux servers.

macOS doesn't support native containers. Windows does have Windows containers. Docker on Windows can run both Linux or Windows containers.

k__ on Jan 6, 2018 | [–]

Yes. thank you.

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