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Unable to edit file in WSL from Windows
I have created ~/fastai/Dockerfile inside Ubuntu running in WSL. I tried to open it in windows notepad. First opened the folder in explorer:
~$ cd fastai/
~/fastai$ explorer.exe .
Then opened ...
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In a WSL2 distro - what determines the files that appear under: /wsl/{some-other-distro}
The Context
I understand that docker-desktop's WSL2 backend works by creating 2 distros: docker-desktop & docker-desktop-data.
I can see the filesystems of these distros mounted in my Ubuntu WSL2 ...
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Are Windows WSL2 "distributions" just docker containers under the hood?
I found this document on github:
WSL2 Distributions Run As Containers
It hasn't been updated in a while though, so I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not Microsoft has published a technical ...
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Docker Desktop for Windows GUI is not starting
I'm using Docker Desktop for Windows. It "suddenly" does not start. The Docker Desktop.exe process is running idle in the background. But there's no GUI, not even the tray icon.
It happened ...
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Trouble with first-page search result to install Docker on WSO2: WSO2 website links to "Dockerfiles" repository as an outdated version
This is a mistake of an absolute beginner. It might be a complete stupidity even. I just want to share it in case there is another absolute beginner out there.
I was asked to install Docker on Windows ...
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How to specify the location of the distros used by docker based on WSL2
I want to specify which WSL distros are going to be used to run docker on windows, or at least I want to be able to specify the location in which such distros are located.
I have disks c and d, and ...
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