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The Linux Subsystem for Windows is good enough for my software development needs - the Docker Engine does not run in WSL but you can tell the Linux docker clien
by scardine 8y ago
The Linux Subsystem for Windows is good enough for my software development needs - the Docker Engine does not run in WSL but you can tell the Linux docker client to use the Windows server by setting an environment variable:
export DOCKER_HOST=localhost:2375
- umanwizard 8y agoOkay, what is your point? Whether it's good enough for your needs is unrelated to whether it's Linux.
- scardine 8y agoThe point is that unless you are fiddling with the kernel, a Windows laptop with WSL makes for a great workstation for software developers. Even if I only develop for Linux, for me it is either a Mac or Windows on the desktop (my pet peeve with Linux on the desktop is the several counterintuitive paste buffers).