alt Hacker NewsI’m confused. Docker Desktop isn’t supported on Linux?
I just followed Docker’s docs [0] to get Docker Desktop installed on Ubuntu.
Maybe I’m missing some specific point you’re making about some lower level detail, but they support and have instructions for Docker Desktop on Linux in their own docs.
The naming is bad here.
On Linux, most people only install the Docker Engine, unless they want the GUI.
On MacOS or Windows you have to install Docker Desktop which spins up a VM running linux.
You installed Docker's "Docker Desktop" which will spin up that VM by default, but you would get better performance by using `docker context` and running natively.
Docker depends on Linux, specificly namespaces/unshare()/clone() etc..., that is why MacOS and Windows installs require desktop and spin up a VM by default.
But on Linux, containers with engine (native) are just processes.
Sorry if that isn't clear but I am actually unwilling to install docker desktop as podman fits my needs better and they conflict.