WSL containers reached general availability on September 29, and its built-in wslc command lets you build and run Linux ...

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 ...

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Microsoft has made WSL Containers generally available, giving Windows developers a built-in way to build, run, and manage Linux containers without installing Docker Desktop. Announced on September 29, ...

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

PowerShell scripts to install and maintain Docker Engine inside Alpine Linux on WSL 2, without Docker Desktop. All operations are performed through bwd.ps1. Internal scripts are located in src/ and do ...

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

Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally available.

Microsoft has released WSL 3.0.2 as a pre-release. We look at the vNUMA fix for boot failures on 384 logical processors, the experimental return of sparse VHD, and how the changes apply differently to ...

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On September 29, 2026, Microsoft made WSL Containers (WSLC), a Linux container platform built into Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), generally available. You can ...

Microsoft is expanding the Windows Subsystem for Linux with built-in support for running and managing Linux containers, with WSL Containers now generally available. Simply put, WSL can now run Linux ...