Windows 11 can now run Linux containers without Docker, and I tested if WSL Containers could actually replace it
It's not quite the same but it works well for development tasks
Microsoft has introduced WSL Containers, which allows users to run Linux containers without using Docker Desktop. A user from XDA Developers tested this feature to see if it could replace Docker Desktop. Their homelab currently uses a combination of LXC's on Proxmox and Docker Desktop for testing purposes.
The user was motivated to try WSL Containers because they have never liked using Docker Desktop. With the latest WSL pre-release, they were able to try out this new feature.
No information is available on the outcome of the test or the capabilities of WSL Containers compared to Docker Desktop.
Brief written by urgent.news from XDA Developers, Computerworld — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
