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When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

Docker is an open-source platform that packages applications into containers. Think of containers as lightweight, portable ...

In the boundless ocean of software development, containerization has emerged as the trusty vessel for developers, ensuring smooth sailing even in turbulent waters of system discrepancies and ...

Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...

Careful consideration should be taken when attempting to run anything with elevated permissions. For Linux-based systems, this involves root or sudo. Running Docker without root access ("rootless") ...

On the heels of Docker 1.0 being released, Docker has announced the launch of cloud-based platform services for distributed applications, including container image distribution and change management, ...

Learn how docker commit captures changes in a running container, make it persistent and create new images without altering ...