Docker status tonight

bill@bill-MS-7B79:~/MyStuff/Docker$ docker images
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///home/bill/.docker/desktop/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~/MyStuff/Docker$ 
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~/MyStuff/Docker$ sudo systemctl status docker
[sudo] password for bill:           
● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset>
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-11-27 20:31:39 EST; 2h 43min ago
TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket
       Docs: https://docs.docker.com
   Main PID: 1723 (dockerd)
      Tasks: 17
     Memory: 105.2M
        CPU: 1.176s
     CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service
             └─1723 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/cont>

Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.584475304>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.584500814>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.584535904>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.584617574>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.640466451>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.640514641>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.640532841>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.640951401>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 systemd[1]: Started Docker Application Container E>
Nov 27 20:31:39 bill-MS-7B79 dockerd[1723]: time="2024-11-27T20:31:39.745344841>
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~/MyStuff/Docker$ 

Why all of a sudden do I need sudo?

bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker images
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///home/bill/.docker/desktop/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ sudo docker images
[sudo] password for bill:           
REPOSITORY    TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED         SIZE
python        latest    c41ea8273365   5 weeks ago     1.02GB
busybox       latest    9211bbaa0dbd   11 months ago   4.26MB
hello-world   latest    d2c94e258dcb   19 months ago   13.3kB
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ 

Wait…after I started Docker Desktop…it worked!

bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker ps 
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///home/bill/.docker/desktop/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
**** Started Docker Desktop ****
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker ps 
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND   CREATED   STATUS    PORTS     NAMES
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker images
REPOSITORY   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED      SIZE
bill-py      latest    961ec677181d   2 days ago   1.32GB
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ 

However sudo results are different than without sudo!