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Discussion on: Install Docker on Windows (WSL) without Docker Desktop

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Fonata

Hey Derek, I believe the \mnt\wsl location is chosen so multiple Linux installations can share the same docker daemon. If you only run one it doesn't hurt, but you could use Docker's default location, /var/run/docker/containerd/containerd.sock

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Jonathan Bowman

Exactly!