Docker In WSL: A No-Frills Guide

Docker is great, but how do you run Linux containers on Windows? In WSL, of course. The Docker Desktop application is certainly an option, but it eats up a lot of RAM thanks to its Electron-based GUI. It also has an LLM chatbot (because of course it does, it’s 2026 after all). Just the Docker Desktop installer takes up 598 MB. What if you want something simpler and with less RAM consumption? WSL 2…