You can now finally run Linux containers in Windows – without third-party tools

After being announced at Build 2026, Microsoft has made WSL containers available in public preview.
XDA Developers on MSN

WSL containers are here, bringing Linux development straight into Windows without extra tools

They can talk to your apps, too.
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I built a Linux container on Windows 11 without Docker Desktop, and Docker users should pay attention

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InfoWorld

Understanding Flatcar Container Linux

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Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...
ZDNet

Docker 101: Why you should be using containers

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