Re:Running Docker on Apple Silicon M1 (Follow-Up)
by pjmlp on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:33PM
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Free beer has a great power, hence why the other solutions didn't got as widespread as Linux.
As for the number of Docker images with Windows, that is just a side effect of Windows containers being relatively recent and most public cloud deployments being anyway based on Linux distributions.
https://blog.aquasec.com/a-brief-history-of-containers-from-...
The containerization solutions you're referring to didn't gain widespread adoption like Docker and Kubernetes because they weren't as polished and lacked features and functionality that is available today. Windows containers have a big image requirement, and most server-side software is already optimized for Linux so they aren't in high demand. Just take a look at Docker Hub and tell me how many Windows containers you find compared to Linux, especially the official images of the most common software.