#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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
techtimes

Docker Replaces Its Virtualization Engine: VMM Beta Is Live for Mac and Windows

Docker has shipped the public beta of Docker VMM — a fully rebuilt, first-party hypervisor that replaces the third-party library that has powered Docker Desktop's Linux VM since the product's ...
Windows Latest

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 ...
XDA Developers

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 ...