Windows 11 adds native support for Linux containers via WSL

Microsoft has made WSL containers generally available on Windows 11. The native tool gives developers a built-in alternative ...
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Docker on Windows is about to become obsolete, and WSL containers are why

Windows Subsystem for Linux is already my favorite way to run Linux without leaving Windows, and now it's about to get even better. How? By integrating Linux containers into the mix, so you can run ...

#90 A conversation where a junior asked, 'If containers run on WSL, do we still need Docker?'

Practitioners“If WSL Containers has been officially released, don't we not need Docker Desktop anymore?” After the morning ...

Can the new WSL feature 'wslc' replace Docker?

WSL on Windows has officially added 'wslc' (released in WSL 3.0.1 on September 29, 2026), which allows you to run Linux containers without installing Docker Desktop. Since some say 'Docker is no ...
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Microsoft’s then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with upgraded WSL

WSL Containers is now generally available, with the wslc CLI, a Windows API, Intune and Defender controls, and Compose is on ...

Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL

Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally ...
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I'm ditching Docker Desktop — just not for every workflow

Shekhar Vaidya is a veteran technology journalist and computer science engineer. He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ...
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Deploy Microsoft IIS server, .NET apps in Windows containers

Unfortunately, you can't migrate certain legacy applications to the cloud without modernizing them, which can be both costly and time-consuming. To work around that, you can deploy Microsoft IIS ...