The best place to learn how to install Docker on your laptop is the Docker documentation website. What we're looking for is the Docker Community Edition (CE). There is the Docker Enterprise Edition (EE), with more features and some opportunities to pay support fees:
- macOS installation – https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/
- Windows installation – https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/
- Ubuntu installation – https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/
- Instructions are available for several other distros. Some useful post-install Linux instructions are at https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/
Because Docker runs on Linux, it does not run natively on macOS ...