🐳 Docker Desktop on Windows 10/11 (WSL 2 Backend) — Quick Start Guide

This guide walks you through installing Docker Desktop on a Windows 10/11 machine, enabling WSL 2, and running the official ubuntu image interactively using the docker run -it ubuntu command.

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✅ Supported Platforms & Prerequisites

Requirement	Minimum Version / Detail
Windows 11	64‑bit, Home/Pro/Education, version 22H2+
Windows 10	64‑bit, Home/Pro/Education, 22H2 (build 19045) or later
WSL 2 (Linux kernel)	Version 2.1.5+ installed and enabled
Hardware virtualization	SLAT support enabled in BIOS/UEFI with ≥ 4 GB RAM

Docker Desktop requires Windows 10/11 with build 19045 or later and WSL 2 version ≥ 2.1.5 to work correctly :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}.

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📥 Step 1: Install or Update WSL 2

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

wsl --install       # Installs WSL + Ubuntu distro on both Windows 10 and 11
# Or:
wsl --update        # If WSL is already installed but needs updating




## Post installing  Docker

 1)run cmd or powershell
 2)docker pull ubuntu
 3)docker run -it ubuntu