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.

Container made it easy to run Linux on my MacBook - here's how I set it up

Container made it easy to run Linux on my MacBook - here's how I set it up ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11 can now run Linux containers with WSL Containers, no Docker Desktop needed (hands on)

We installed WSL Containers on Windows 11, built a custom container from scratch, tested it, and checked what still needs ...
TechRepublic

Windows containers can run in Kubernetes–but there is a catch

Yes, running Windows containers in Kubernetes can work. But it’s not as simple as it seems. The operating system container, which isolates just the essential parts of the operating system that are ...
Computer Weekly

Where to run containers? Bare metal vs virtual machines

Containers are a serious and emerging contender as a method of application delivery. Although they are by no means in use universally yet, most enterprises have deployed containers somewhere or are ...
InfoWorld

Google Cloud Run runs stateless containers, serverlessly

Google Cloud Run lets you deploy stateless, HTTP-invocable containers to a managed compute service or to Google Kubernetes Engine Google has expanded its serverless compute options with the addition ...