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by chriswarbo 1627 days ago
It's not "cross-platform" at all, since Docker builds on Linux containers. For example, the Docker applications for Windows and macOS just run a Linux VM behind the scenes.

AFAIK you can't run Windows binaries using Docker, even if you're using Windows, since it's running in a Linux VM; likewise for macOS binaries on macOS, Solaris on Solaris, etc.
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laurensr 1627 days ago
Docker on WSL2 kind-of runs on the host, though.
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fermuch 1627 days ago
WSL1 as far as I understand works like wine, transpiling calls to NT. But isn't WSL2 just a VM?
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