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> Unsurprising, really. The usefulness of it cannot be overstated. meh, I can count on my hand the times it was useful to me. oh, and having to deal with dock

• plonk 4y ago
  > oh, and having to deal with docker desktop is not fun To stay sane, just forget it exists until it crashes irretrievably, then reinstall it and repeat. Containers and images being disposable is the whole point anyway.
• umvi 4y ago
  Well yeah, Docker + Windows isn't the best experience. I recommend WSL if you must go down that route.
  • GordonS 4y ago
    It used to be a bit flakey pre-WSL2 integration ~2-3 years back - it's been absolutely rock solid for me on Windows since then, just like on Linux.
    • skinnyarms 4y ago
      Same, I can't even remember the last time it's crashed for me or anybody on my team.
    • folkrav 4y ago
      You don't even have to bother with Docker Desktop these days, you can start it in `/etc/wsl.conf` directly with `service start docker` and forget about it, it'll start with the VM. I think this is a rather new feature though.
  • tester756 4y ago
    I wish installing Docker inside WSL2 wasn't so problematic - the networking part to make it work is messy
  • philliphaydon 4y ago
    Unless docker desktop is installed I have no idea how to deal with the changing IP of WSL which is just painful.
• swyx 4y ago
  fwiw you can run docker without docker desktop now https://www.swyx.io/running-docker-without-docker-desktop/ https://www.swyx.io/running-docker-without-docker-desktop/
• systematical 4y ago
  Yeah at work on Mac docker desktop isn't fun. At home on Linux Docker is easy. How Mac won mindshare, woof.