Multipass is another alternative to running Docker Desktop: https://multipass.run/docs/docker-tutorial https://multipass.run/docs/docker-tutorial And I second

Multipass is another alternative to running Docker Desktop: https://multipass.run/docs/docker-tutorial https://multipass.run/docs/docker-tutorial And I second the other commenter's recommendation of VSCode's Remote Container extension. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers And possibly using Podman instead of Docker. https://opensource.com/article/21/7/vs-code-remote-containers-podman https://opensource.com/article/21/7/vs-code-remote-container...