Discussion on: Docker on Windows or Ubuntu for development?

[Yaser Al-Najjar]

I use docker-tools for Windows 8.1 (which you can use in Win10), and I HATE IT !

Reasons

1. Much slower than t2.micro ubuntu instance on AWS.
2. It uses VirtualBox (no native way).
3. NPM runs there in an ugly way, symlink with VirtualBox again.
4. More NPM issues especially when mounting.
5. Mounting is really ugly, you need to do some hacking to get it working.

Personal recommendation

Use an online remote setup, sshing to your server and work there and enjoy the best of both worlds... ease of Windows & power of Linux.