Re:Ask HN: Best Docker open source alternative?
by verdverm on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @08:13AM
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> I need a solution to run Linux in a virtual environment on Windows
WSL2 is exactly this, you can also use VMWare or VirtualBox. In other words, your base linux environment is not containerized, it is virtualized. This is a requirement for any non-linux OS (currently, MS is looking into native container support afaik), because containers are built on kernel features
WSL2 is exactly this, you can also use VMWare or VirtualBox. In other words, your base linux environment is not containerized, it is virtualized. This is a requirement for any non-linux OS (currently, MS is looking into native container support afaik), because containers are built on kernel features