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Lots of great information and suggestions in this discussion. Thank you everyone who are offering your input. I’d like to ask as well, how easy is it to setup docker for use in windows? I ask this because almost every guide I’ve found has docker running in Linux. I realize you are able to setup a docker in windows, but I was struggling to get basic instructions for windows, and even the tutorial in docker required me to switch back to docker types that don’t work in windows.

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nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
From my experience the “default” experience, which is Docker Desktop, is a pain, due to what you described. In particular, Linux containers and Windows file permissions just don’t mix well.

Other than that, there’s three options:

Docker Desktop, but used from WSL 2. This seems to be the cleanest solution nowadays. Never personally used it though. Officially supported.

Installing Docker inside WSL 2. Configuring this correctly is a bit of a pain and not really supported AFAIK.

Installing Docker in a VM, using the integrated Hyper-V functionality for example. The least amount of integration, but most reliable.
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- ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And WSL 2 is the “Linux within windows” if I recall. And your other recommendation is a Linux vm with dockers running inside it? I’ll give that a try if I decide to switch to dockers again instead of just a vm. My original use case was to have a downloader and vpn bundled inside one docker so the rest of the system doesn’t see the vpn connection, but decided to use a vm to accomplish it instead due to “windows+docker” issues.
  
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