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		pmoriarty on March 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Docker for Mac and Windows Beta Unfortunately, despite the title, Docker still does not run natively on a Mac or on Windows. It runs only inside a Linux VM. From the OP: "The Docker engine is running in an Alpine Linux distribution on top of an xhyve Virtual Machine on Mac OS X or on a Hyper-V VM on Windows"

hmottestad on March 24, 2016 [–]

The difference between this and docker toolbox, is that important parts of docker are now native (in a way). Eg. filesystem and apparently networking.

This is achieved by using the native virtualisation support on OSX / Windows instead of Virtual Box and working closely with Apple and Microsoft.

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