WSL 2
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Docker Desktop 4.36: New Enterprise Administration Features, WSL 2, and ECI Enhancements
Learn about new features in Docker Desktop 4.36, including Desktop Settings Management and improvements to Enhanced Container Isolation and WSL 2.
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Docker Desktop 4.34: MSI Installer GA, Upgraded Host Networking, and Powerful Enhancements for Boosted Productivity & Administration
Key GA features of the Docker Desktop 4.34 release include: MSI installer GA and Windows registry key Host networking support to Docker Desktop Automatic reclamation of disk space in Docker Desktop for WSL2 Authentication enhancements NVIDIA AI Workbench Docker Desktop Integration Multi-platform UX improvements and the containerd image store Docker Desktop 4.34 introduces key features…
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Optimizing Deep Learning Workflows: Leveraging Stable Diffusion and Docker on WSL 2
Deep learning has revolutionized the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by enabling machines to learn and generate content that mimics human-like creativity. One advancement in this domain is Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image model released in 2022. Stable Diffusion has gained significant attention for its ability to generate highly detailed images conditioned on text descriptions, thereby…
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WSL 2 GPU Support for Docker Desktop on NVIDIA GPUs
It’s been a year since Ben wrote about Nvidia support on Docker Desktop. At that time, it was necessary to take part in the Windows Insider program, use Beta CUDA drivers, and use a Docker Desktop tech preview build. Today, everything has changed: On the OS side, Windows 11 users can now enable their GPU…
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WSL 2 GPU Support is Here
Today we are excited to announce the general preview of Docker Desktop support for GPU with Docker in WSL2. There are over one and a half million users of Docker Desktop for Windows today and we saw in our roadmap how excited you all were for us to provide this support.
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Creating the best Linux Development experience on Windows & WSL 2
We are really excited to have had Docker Desktop be featured in a breakout session titled “The Journey to One .NET” at MSFT Build by @Scott Hanselman with WSL 2. Earlier in the his keynote, we learned about the great new enhancements for GPU support for WSL 2 and we want to hear from our community about your interest in adding this functionality to Docker Desktop. If you are eager to see GPU support come to Docker Desktop, please let us know by voting up our roadmap item and feel free to raise any new requests here as well.
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Docker Desktop: WSL 2 Best practices
Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend has now been available for a few months for Windows 10 insider users and Microsoft just released WSL 2 on the Release Preview channel (which means GA is very close). We and our early users have accumulated some experience working with it and are excited to share a few best practices to implement in your Linux container projects!
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How we test Docker Desktop with WSL 2
Recently we have released a new Edge version 2.2.3.0 of Docker Desktop for Windows. This can be considered as a release candidate for the next Stable version that will officially support WSL 2. With Windows 10 version 2004 in sight we are giving the next version of Docker Desktop the final touches to give you the best experience running Linux containers on Windows 10.
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