Why minikube?

Everyone is suggesting using minikube, but why?

There is a lot going on with Docker und Kubernetes on Windows. As with an upt to date version, there is also Kubernetes included in Docker for windows. The Docker Engine is version v20.10.0 and Kubernetes v1.93.3.

You are able then to link the unix-subsytem to Kubernetes just adding it as a resource. Very clever.

Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

wsl --set-default-version 2