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Docker Desktop-1: Installing and Running Ubuntu with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and Docker Desktop on Windows 10/11
We will install a complete Ubuntu terminal environment in minutes with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10/11. So you can develop cross-platform applications, improve your data science or web development workflows, and manage IT infrastructure without leaving Windows. Then, We will install Docker Desktop on Windows. After making the necessary settings in the Docker Desktop, we will run Docker commands in the Windows terminal, and run a container. We will observe and examine the running of the container in the browser and Docker Desktop.
13 min readSep 2, 2023
Topics we will cover:
1. What are the Docker, Docker Desktop, and WSL?
2. System requirements (WSL 2 backend) to Install Docker Desktop
3. Installing Ubuntu 20.04 (WSL) and WSL version 1.1.3.0 or later
3. a. Setting Up “Windows Feature”
3. b. Download and Install the Linux kernel update…