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> If you’re running Docker, you’re running Linux As slow as it is some people apparently enjoy running docker from win / mac

• mulmen 6y ago
  Docker needs Linux to work. On Mac/Windows containers run in a Linux virtual machine.
  • slavik81 6y ago
    I thought so too, but apparently support for native Windows containers has existed for a while now. e.g. https://poweruser.blog/lightweight-windows-containers-using-docker-process-isolation-in-windows-10-62519be76c8c https://poweruser.blog/lightweight-windows-containers-using-...
    • mulmen 6y ago
      Neat! I had no idea this was a thing, thanks for sharing.
  • jcelerier 6y ago
    I wouldn't call "running an app in a linux VM on windows", "running linux". As a user, your main interface with your computer is windows, which is what "i'm running windows" means, and obviously "you can use the same kernel features as Docker to sandbox applications yourself" wouldn't work, e.g. you couldn't sandbox photoshop like that.