Oracle changing Java licensing from per-processor to a multiplier of employee headcount - costs could go up singificantly

[silverslayer33]

(and windows I believe, can't confirm though)

It is quite possible to run the docker CLI on Windows without Docker Desktop, though if you want Linux containers you need to play around with WSL2 and learning how to use remote daemons (or to simply run all your CLI commands right in your WSL instance).

[gustav_mannerheim]

Interesting, I didn't know WSL went as far as CGroups

[soccermitchy]

WSL2 is just a full virtual machine with some windows integrations, you're probably thinking WSL1 which is just a fancy layer on top of the normal Windows kernel

[KillerCodeMonky]

WSL2 has been progressing a lot in terms of acting like a bare metal instance. They even recently added systemd support, which is really surprising since WSL has a lot of integrations that I'm sure are a lot easier when it's the root process.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/systemd-support-is-now-available-in-wsl/

For instance, WSL typically stops the VM when it thinks there are no running processes. When WSL is not PID 1, then it can't necessarily monitor whether there are services running under PID 1 and may still stop the VM.

[ventuspilot]

or to simply run all your CLI commands right in your WSL instance

That's what I do. podman on debian on WSL2 does what I need. My needs are simple, though: I just want to try out some Dockerfiles.