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WSL containers are about to make Docker on Windows obsolete: You don't need Docker anymore on Windows
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WSL containers are about to make Docker on Windows obsolete
Key FactsWSL Containers Offer a Docker Desktop Alternative on Windows
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  • WSL containers became generally available on September 29, requiring WSL to be installed or updated.

  • From PowerShell, wslc provides familiar commands for building, starting, monitoring, and stopping containers.

  • A Linux virtual machine still runs underneath; isolated sessions provide separate storage for images, containers, networks, and volumes, plus Windows folder mounts.

  • WSL containers support OCI-compatible images and offer Windows applications an API for files, output, networking, and GPU access.
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WSL containers are about to make Docker on Windows obsolete: You don't need Docker anymore on Windows
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WSL containers are about to make Docker on Windows obsolete
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Windows 11 now starts Linux containers without Docker Desktop: Microsoft is releasing WSL Containers generally. Linux containers can now be created and started ...
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Windows 11 now starts Linux containers without Docker Desktop
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 Aug 15
Windows 11 can now run Linux containers without Docker, and I tested if WSL Containers could actually replace it
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Windows 11 can now run Linux containers without Docker, and I tested if ...
Key FactsWSL Containers proves viable Docker replacement for development
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  • Each wslc container received its own VM using about 1.5 GB of memory, and that VM required a separate shutdown after the container ended.

  • Measured warm starts took 357 to 384 milliseconds with wslc and 426 to 463 milliseconds with Docker Desktop, while cold-start ranges of 2,387 to 2,611 and 2,629 to 2,973 milliseconds were close.

  • An unmodified CUDA 12.4 image accessed the RTX 5090 immediately with the `--gpus-all` parameter, while nginx became reachable only after an explicit publication to `0.0.0.0`.

  • The built-in wslc Compose feature failed in version 2.9.3, but the community tool wslc-compose successfully launched a test setup containing nginx and Postgres.
    • The big question is whether or not wslc can replace Docker Desktop. And for me, that’s a big yes.
    — From the XDA article's author, Joe, describing his hands-on testing of Windows Subsystem for Linux Containers (WSL Containers) and whether they can replace Docker Desktop.
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 Jul 27
I ditched my WSL tab after Microsoft added real Unix commands to Windows: I stopped keeping a WSL tab open just to run grep.
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I ditched my WSL tab after Microsoft added real Unix commands to Windows
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 Jul 11
I switched from Docker Desktop to WSL Containers, and I'm switching back: I can't live without Docker Compose
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I switched from Docker Desktop to WSL Containers, and I'm switching back
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 Jul 10
Windows 10: Microsoft brings Windows 11 Linux feature: A Linux feature originally developed for Windows 11 is surprisingly also coming to Windows 10 ...
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Windows 10: Microsoft brings Windows 11 Linux feature
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Windows 10 is still getting new features - | but only for a few users: An integrated Windows feature called WSL allows developers to still get new features for ...
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Windows 10 is still getting new features - | but only for a few users
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 Jul 07
This patch to Mesa could give Linux apps on WSL the speed boost they need: Microsoft has submitted a patch to Mesa that will speed up Linux apps in the Windows ...
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This patch to Mesa could give Linux apps on WSL the speed boost they need
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 Jun 20
Windows is quietly becoming the easiest way to run Linux containers, and I don't know how to feel about it
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Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why
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Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick ...
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Microsoft: New developer PC with Nvidia's super chip and more WSL: While the opening event of the Build developer conference was almost entirely dominated by ...
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Microsoft: New developer PC with Nvidia's super chip and more WSL
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Azure Linux: Microsoft Releases Its Own Linux Distribution for Everyone: For the first time, Microsoft will make its own Linux distribution publicly available ...
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Azure Linux: Microsoft Releases Its Own Linux Distribution for Everyone
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Microsoft releases major WSL update—but without the hoped-for new features: WSL users take note: Microsoft has updated the Windows Subsystem for Linux to version ...
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Microsoft finally open-sources (most of) Windows Subsystem for Linux: The announcement closes a nearly nine-year-old request from the developer community ...
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Microsoft is open-sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux: Nine years after the birth of WSL, Microsoft is finally making the majority of the code open-source ...
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Microsoft is open-sourcing the Windows Subsystem for Linux
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