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dagw on Aug 31, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Docker Is Four Things

Docker Desktop takes care of all the annoying config work needed to make Docker work on Windows, including managing virtual machine engines, configuring the windows firewall and the necessary magic to mount local drives in containers. Using Docker on Windows without Docker Desktop is a massive PITA.

Ajedi32 on Aug 31, 2023 [–]

It's trivial in WSL, but debatable whether you can really call that "on Windows".

cogman10 on Sept 1, 2023 | [–]

Docker desktop is essentially just a GUI on a WSL2 vm image at this point.

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