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How do you run Ubuntu binaries on Mac by using Docker? As far as I know it's not a virtualization layer.

• gecgooden 10y ago
  Docker on Mac runs in a VM, either by one of the traditional virtualisation solutions (Virtualbox, VMWare, Parallels) or via xhyve. The VM acts as a Docker server, so the client on the mac side just passes options to the Docker VM. See: https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/mac/ https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/mac/
  • magoon 10y ago
    Docker now also has a native Mac client that doesn't require docker-machine
    • NetStrikeForce 10y ago
      Thanks both! I believe the native Mac announcement is what put me off track.
    • TurboHaskal 10y ago
      Which gets pretty bad the moment you need to use shared volumes.
    • sigjuice 10y ago
      What does "native" mean in this context? The Mac client still runs containers in a Linux VM.