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I had a somewhat kafka-esque experience trying to install the Docker client on Windows recently. I just wanted the standalone executable so I could connect to D

I had a somewhat kafka-esque experience trying to install the Docker client on Windows recently. I just wanted the standalone executable so I could connect to Docker running on a headless Linux server on the local network. They don't make that available anymore for the latest version and force you to install Docker Desktop, which required two reboots and enabling Hyper-V, none of which should actually be necessary if all you are doing is connecting to a Linux box. It was a garbage experience. While I was trying, unsuccessfully, to figure out how to get the standalone binary, I noticed that the Docker website has been completely taken over by really low-signal marketing crap, and all of the actual technical substance is now hidden away in the documentation. The way that Docker is flailing around as it desperately seeks some kind of enterprise traction is really a huge turn off to their core audience.

deanmoriarty 7y ago
The website has really been a bunch of crap for a few years now! I always have to access it via Google searches, even when I'm looking on extremely trivial pieces of documentation.
- lildoggo 7y ago
  Yes! My team has recently moved our services/applications into docker through azure... Trying to understand what parts of docker we needed through their site was an absolute nightmare, it's all marketing stuff and very little on what each 'service' actually does.
Birch-san 7y ago
Consider installing podman if all you want is a client compatible with Docker.
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GordonS 7y ago
If you're on Windows 10, AFAIK you can install and run the Docker client in WSL. Totally agree about the Docker website - it's just a shameful torrent of marketing bollocks.
hvidgaard 7y ago
I've had a similar issue. I must use VMWare on my machine for various reasons, and Windows have decided, probably for a good reason, that only one hypervisor can run on the machine. So using Docker locally for me is a major pain in the ass, even though I use the probably most widely used enterprise virtualization stack. Let that sink in for a while.

deanmoriarty 7y ago

The website has really been a bunch of crap for a few years now! I always have to access it via Google searches, even when I'm looking on extremely trivial pieces of documentation.

lildoggo 7y ago
Yes! My team has recently moved our services/applications into docker through azure... Trying to understand what parts of docker we needed through their site was an absolute nightmare, it's all marketing stuff and very little on what each 'service' actually does.

Birch-san 7y ago

Consider installing podman if all you want is a client compatible with Docker.

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GordonS 7y ago

If you're on Windows 10, AFAIK you can install and run the Docker client in WSL. Totally agree about the Docker website - it's just a shameful torrent of marketing bollocks.

hvidgaard 7y ago

I've had a similar issue. I must use VMWare on my machine for various reasons, and Windows have decided, probably for a good reason, that only one hypervisor can run on the machine. So using Docker locally for me is a major pain in the ass, even though I use the probably most widely used enterprise virtualization stack. Let that sink in for a while.