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Could you explain - can windows server run linux images and other way around? What about speed?

• dustinmoris 10y ago
  > While the Docker tools, control APIs and image formats are the same on Windows and Linux, a Docker Windows container won’t run on a Linux system and vice-versa.
• AaronFriel 10y ago
  > To build and run a Windows container, a Windows system is required. While the Docker tools, control APIs and image formats are the same on Windows and Linux, a Docker Windows container won’t run on a Linux system and vice-versa. No, this is for running containers using the Windows kernel. Although with the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), I wonder how long until Windows Server supports running Linux containers.
  • nathanaldensr 10y ago
    I just wonder about the utility of all this. Most people should be trying to target .NET Standard/.NET Core and simply run their apps on Linux, meaning they can use regular Linux distributions with Docker installed. Who is Microsoft expecting to actually use Docker on Windows? EDIT: I'll answer my own question and say that this is probably targeted toward shops that rely on a Microsoft stack (e.g., full .NET Framework, SQL Server, etc.) Running Docker on Windows and getting fully-configured environments should be a big boon to productivity for these folks.
    • UK-AL 10y ago
      99% of .net apps don't run on Linux yet.
      • ihsw 10y ago
        Bump that up to 99.99% and you'd be right. There are a lot of big .Net heavy-duty apps that are wedded to Windows.
    • tracker1 10y ago
      There are a lot of legacy apps, and third party components that use bits of .Net that aren't in core (or mono), and unlikely to ever be there.
  • ManoMarks 10y ago
    Using Docker you can already run Linux containers on Windows, using native virtualization in Hyper-V. You are correct however this announcement is specifically about windows containers.
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