You don't need Docker anymore on Windows ...

Ever since Microsoft added Windows Subsystem for Linux to my desktop, I've been waiting for container support. Docker Desktop's licensing terms keep changing, its background daemon treats my RAM like ...

Docker announced that its native Docker Desktop Windows application will soon switch to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) from the Windows-native Hyper-V virtualization it currently uses. WSL ...

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 ...

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 ...

Practitioners“If WSL Containers has been officially released, don't we not need Docker Desktop anymore?” After the morning ...

When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) has brought the Linux kernel to Windows. Does that really matter, you might ask, since WSL already did an excellent job of emulating Linux? Oh yeah it does. It ...

Microsoft releases WSL Containers: Linux containers can now be built and started directly under Windows – even from within Windows applications.