Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend | Windows 10 Home WSL2 Docker
WindowsSubsystemforLinux(WSL)2introducesasignificantarchitecturalchangeasitisafullLinuxkernelbuiltbyMicrosoft,allowingLinuxdistributionstorunwithouthavingtomanageVirtualMachines.WithDockerDesktoprunningonWSL2,userscanleverageLinuxworkspacesandavoidhavingtomaintainbothLinuxandWindowsbuildscripts.Inaddition,WSL2providesimprovementstofilesystemsharing,boottime,andallowsaccesstosomecoolnewfeaturesforDockerDesktopusers.DockerDesktopusesthedynamicmemoryallocationfeatureinWSL2togreatlyimprovetheres...
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 introduces a significant architectural change as it is a full Linux kernel built by Microsoft, allowing Linux distributions to run without having to manage Virtual Machines. With Docker Desktop running on WSL 2, users can leverage Linux workspaces and avoid having to maintain both Linux and Windows build scripts. In addition, WSL 2 provides improvements to file system sharing, boot time, and allows access to some cool new features for Docker Desktop users.
Docker Desktop uses the dynamic memory allocation feature in WSL 2 to greatly improve the resource consumption. This means, Docker Desktop only uses the required amount of CPU and memory resources it needs, while enabling CPU and memory-intensive tasks such as building a container to run much faster.
Additionally, with WSL 2, the time required to start a Docker daemon after a cold start is significantly faster. It takes less than 10 seconds to start t...