Clean Docker Desktop install, starts WSL 2, no container running. Let's check the memory usage:
Ouch, that's too much for having (literally) nothing running. I don't know why it eats so much RAM, but there's a quick fix.
Create the file C:\Users\<username>\.wslconfig
like the example below:
[wsl2]
processors=1
memory=1GB
Run wsl --shutdown
from a terminal, try it again, and there you have it:
In the meanwhile I suggest you to stay tuned to this issue, hopefully there will be a proper fix in the future.
P.S.:
Even when limiting the memory, vmmen
still hungry, when set to 512MB
I get an error: