Windows 10 Pro adds Hyper-V support which means the docker images run natively in Windows without extra VM overhead.
For Windows 7 & 8 you can install Docker Toolbox which contains an embedded install of VirtualBox VM environment. Everything will run just fine, just not quite as snappy, but the configuration headaches and portability of the docker images far outweigh the performance drawback, which I doubt is horrible. https://www.docker.com/products/docker-toolbox <https://www.docker.com/products/docker-toolbox> This guide is pretty handy: http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-docker-on-windows-7-8-10/ <http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-docker-on-windows-7-8-10/> —P > On Jan 25, 2017, at 2:03 PM, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Le 25/01/2017 à 08:57, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : >> Le 24/01/2017 à 22:04, Taher Alkhateeb a écrit : >>> Mind you, however, that people still need to learn >>> how to install Docker (not yet very trivial on Linux) and they also still >>> need to get comfortable with docker commands and concepts. >> And what about developers working on Windows like me? I'm not talking about >> Windows servers of course. >> >> Jacques >> >> > OK, I answer to myself, Docker needs Windows 10 and I don't want to give my > data to Microsoft > https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/ > > The subject is close for me, period. Actually for the moment since I read > Microsoft is considering to revise its policy, let's see... > > Jacques >
