When I start docker for windows memory usage increases by almost 25% of 6 GB (that's 1.5 GB) without even running a container. I can't see the docker process that in the task manager, but I figured the memory usage by looking at the memory usages % before and after running the docker for windows program. I'm running windows 10. How can I prevent docker from eating up all this ram.
You can change it in settings. Just decrease memory usage by the slider. Go to settings and choose the Advanced tab. other settings: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/#docker-settings-dialog