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

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

Usually because I need

  • Proprietary software, not limited to MS Word and PowerPoint. I still need to work and discuss with non-dev people, you know.
  • Best possible hardware drivers by default
  • I love POSIX as well, but I don't have a choice. macOS is expensive to buy (yet mainstream), as well as forced obsolescence (via OS updates + requirement, and repair / replacement prevention); not to mention keyboard layout confusion (which is "cost to change").

But yes, I used WSL2 enough that moved to a second PC with native Linux.

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Jonathan Bowman

I am familiar with those circumstances.

For me, using WSL isn't a choice against Linux, but a choice to use Linux everywhere. A Linux dev machine is quite desirable. Even with that, I will still run WSL on any Windows machine I can. Because I do a lot from the command line, and I often want that command line to be Linux, no matter the location or network connectivity.