Docker Desktop and LM Studio installation

Source: Dev.to

Install Docker Desktop in Ubuntu Linux

Docker Desktop provides pre‑packaged MCP servers to interact with web tools, databases, and other systems. It integrates seamlessly with LM Studio, which runs and manages your local LLMs.

Verify hardware virtualization

lsmod | grep kvm

You should see output similar to:

kvm_intel             487424  18
kvm                  1425408  17 kvm_intel
irqbypass              12288  1 kvm

If kvm is not listed, enable virtualization in your BIOS/UEFI.

Download and install the DEB package

Docker Desktop DEB package

sudo apt-get update
cd 
sudo apt-get install ./docker-desktop-amd64.deb

Docker Desktop should now be installed.

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Install LM Studio

LM Studio lets you run large language models locally (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, DeepSeek), providing full privacy and offline capability.

Download the AppImage

Get the latest version from the official site:

Install the AppImage

mkdir 
cd 
mv /LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage .
chmod +x LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage
./LM-Studio-0.3.36-1-x64.AppImage -appimage-extract

Adjust chrome-sandbox permissions

cd squashfs-root
sudo chown root:root chrome-sandbox
sudo chmod 4755 chrome-sandbox

Create a desktop entry

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
nano ~/.local/share/applications/lmstudio.desktop

Paste the following into lmstudio.desktop, replacing “ with your actual username:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LM Studio
Type=Application
Exec=/home//lmStudio/squashfs-root/lm-studio
Icon=/home//lmStudio/squashfs-root/lm-studio.png
Terminal=false

Press the Super (Windows) key and type “lm studio” – the application should now appear in the launcher.

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References

• Docker Desktop for Linux – Ubuntu installation guide:
• LM Studio official website: