File: content/manuals/desktop/features/wsl/_index.md
Issue
The note about Docker Desktop's internal distributions uses version-specific framing that will become stale:
With Docker Desktop version 4.30 and earlier, Docker Desktop installed two special-purpose internal Linux distributions docker-desktop and docker-desktop-data. docker-desktop is used to run the Docker engine dockerd, while docker-desktop-data stores containers and images. Neither can be used for general development.
With fresh installations of Docker Desktop 4.30 and later, docker-desktop-data is no longer created. Instead, Docker Desktop creates and manages its own virtual hard disk for storage. The docker-desktop distribution is still created and used to run the Docker engine.
Note that Docker Desktop version 4.30 and later keeps using the docker-desktop-data distribution if it was already created by an earlier version of Docker Desktop and has not been freshly installed or factory reset.
This creates several problems:
- The phrase "4.30 and earlier" becomes increasingly irrelevant as users upgrade
- The detailed explanation of legacy behavior clutters the current documentation
- Users on current versions don't need to know about historical implementation details
Suggested fix
Simplify to focus on current behavior:
Docker Desktop creates a special-purpose internal Linux distribution docker-desktop to run the Docker engine. This distribution cannot be used for general development.
Note: Installations upgraded from Docker Desktop 4.29 or earlier may also have a docker-desktop-data distribution. Fresh installations of Docker Desktop 4.30 and later manage storage using a virtual hard disk instead.
This preserves the essential information for users who might see docker-desktop-data while removing the version-specific framing that will become stale.
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File:
content/manuals/desktop/features/wsl/_index.mdIssue
The note about Docker Desktop's internal distributions uses version-specific framing that will become stale:
This creates several problems:
Suggested fix
Simplify to focus on current behavior:
This preserves the essential information for users who might see
docker-desktop-datawhile removing the version-specific framing that will become stale.Found by nightly documentation freshness scanner