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Is not docker server running inside a VM though ? You could also run Xserver (available on both Mac and Windows) and ssh -X into a VM to run GUI apps inside the

• coldtea 6y ago
  >Is not docker server running inside a VM though No, docker server runs directly on top of the OS as a native program. As for Docker containers managed by the Docker server, they are runing on top of a supervisor - not in a full VM.
  • altano 6y ago
    On Windows Docker runs in a VM.
    • coldtea 6y ago
      That's wrong: "With the latest version of Windows 10 (or 10 Server) and the beta of Docker for Windows, there's native Linux Container support on Windows. That means there's no Virtual Machine or Hyper-V involved (unless you want), so Linux Containers run on Windows itself using Windows 10's built in container support". In any case, as Linux and macOS prove, there's no need for docker to have to run on a VM. And it seems there's no need on Windows either since 10.
      • altano 6y ago
        You’re quoting a random blog post from Scott Hanselman and not Docker release notes. I don’t know what happened with that but I was not wrong and Docker for Windows does still run in a VM: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/ https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/ I assume you don’t use Docker on Windows and just pasted the first google result?