Installing Gladys on a mini PC

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\nFor an installation of Gladys on Windows 10 or 11, there is the option to slim down Windows with this open-source solution\n\nhttps://docs.atlasos.net/getting-started/installation/\n\n![image|690x312](upload://pf0BY5YIpmMfRn1gq0I777AL5xj.png)

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I strongly advise against doing so, Docker does not run on Windows (Docker is a Linux container system)

(Yes, it is possible to install a developer version of Docker on Windows, but « Docker for Windows » only launches a Linux VM on the machine. Thus, the VM will not have access to the network or USB ports, which greatly limits the usefulness of this solution!)

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Hello @pierre-gilles

This must have changed because it seems possible now, or am I wrong? I don’t have all the answers :woozy_face:

I haven’t tested it but I’ll try because I know some mini-PCs sold with Windows don’t necessarily have all the drivers developed for Linux, so it seemed useful to share this link (you need a bit of knowledge but it’s well explained)

it is possible to use USB devices in a Docker container on Windows 10. However, there are a few steps and configurations to follow for this:

  1. Make sure Docker Desktop is installed and running correctly on your Windows 10 system.
  2. You need to share the USB device with Docker Desktop. To do this, go to Docker Desktop settings, then to the « Resources » section and enable USB device sharing.
  3. Once the device is shared with Docker Desktop, you can start a Docker container by specifying the USB device sharing. For example, you can use the --device option when creating the container to map the USB device into the container.

Here is an example Docker command to start a container while sharing a USB device:

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docker run -it --device=/dev/bus/usb/{device_name}:/dev/bus/usb/{device_name}

Make sure to replace {device_name} with the name of the USB device you want to use, for example /dev/bus/usb/001/002.

Keep in mind that to access the USB device inside the container, you might also need appropriate rights, so this may require running the container with privileges or adjusting permissions accordingly.`

And to slim down an existing Windows on a mini-PC there’s also this open-source utility Bulk Crap Uninstaller