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On Docker Desktop, open Settings, go to AI, and enable Docker Model Runner. If you are on Windows with a supported NVIDIA GPU ...
You point your browser at a local IP address or hostname and suddenly you have a full XFCE desktop running in your browser.
Two major milestones: finalizing my database choice and successfully running a local model for data extraction.