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| Most frequently asked questions. |
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| **1. How much does Docker cost?** |
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| Docker is 100% free, it is open source, so you can use it without paying. |
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| **2. What open source license are you using?** |
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| We are using the Apache License Version 2.0, see it here: https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/blob/master/LICENSE |
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| **3. Does Docker run on Mac OS X or Windows?** |
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| Not at this time, Docker currently only runs on Linux, but you can use VirtualBox to run Docker in a virtual machine on your box, and get the best of both worlds. Check out the MacOSX_ and Windows_ intallation guides. |
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| **4. How do containers compare to virtual machines?** |
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| They are complementary. VMs are best used to allocate chunks of hardware resources. Containers operate at the process level, which makes them very lightweight and perfect as a unit of software delivery. |
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| **5. Can I help by adding some questions and answers?** |
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| Definitely! You can fork `the repo`_ and edit the documentation sources. |
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| **42. Where can I find more answers?** |
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| You can find more answers on: |
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| * `IRC: docker on freenode`_ |
| * `Github`_ |
| * `Ask questions on Stackoverflow`_ |
| * `Join the conversation on Twitter`_ |
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| .. _Windows: ../documentation/installation/windows.html |
| .. _MacOSX: ../documentation/installation/macos.html |
| .. _the repo: http://www.github.com/dotcloud/docker |
| .. _IRC\: docker on freenode: irc://chat.freenode.net#docker |
| .. _Github: http://www.github.com/dotcloud/docker |
| .. _Ask questions on Stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=docker |
| .. _Join the conversation on Twitter: http://twitter.com/getdocker |
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| Looking for something else to read? Checkout the :ref:`hello_world` example. |
