On: Windows Sandbox

[riffic]

Docker and containerization is something that already exists for the Windows kernel though.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscont...

[thomasmarton → riffic]

I hella learned something new. I'll be sure to look into this after work. Thank you!

[capableweb → riffic]

Except Docker containers doesn't actually run on Windows as they do on Linux (Linux containers that is, I don't know how Windows containers does it). What Docker Desktop does is creating a WSL VM for running your containers, which is basically what everyone did before as well (on both macOS and Windows), but with a easier setup.

[n8cpdx → capableweb]

Windows Containers are a Windows-native container solution. No Linux kernel need be involved. This lives alongside Linux VM-based containers in Docker Desktop. Obviously you can only run Windows-based images, which confuses people that think Containers=linux. I think BSD has a similar concept as well. https://wiki.freebsd.org/Docker

[capableweb → n8cpdx]

Yeah, that's what I would have guessed. Fortunately (unfortunately for some?), most containers are Linux-based, both for deployment and development purposes.

[kritr → capableweb]

Docker does support launching Windows containers both local and Hyper-V backed. Windows has a feature called Silos which allows linux style isolation.