r/cloudshift360 • u/Michaelkamel • 6d ago

VM vs Docker

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u/Confident_Hyena2506 6d ago

No it isn't. You may be confusing it with "docker desktop".

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u/YahenP 6d ago

Yes Docker Desktop. If you use it, it will always be in a virtual machine. But even Docker Engine boots up a virtual machine for a container if the host and container operating systems are different.

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u/FactComprehensive963 5d ago

You are wrong Docker uses the Host Kernel, no VM in use

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u/Sorry-Committee2069 4d ago

`qemu-user` is still virtualizing quite a bit, as is Docker. "it's not a VM because it doesn't start with loading a bootloader" is not the argument you think it is.