The traditional model of installing applications on top of their own version of an OS does not meet every IT departments' requirements. Linux containers can replace VMs and dedicated servers for some ...

Dealing with data in a Docker container is more difficult than it is in a virtual machine or physical server. Containers are inherently stateless, while database management systems like SQL Server ...

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 ...

The creator of Rocky Linux has made the distribution available as a Docker image. Jack Wallen shows you how to get it, deploy it and modify it. We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or ...

Container is a solid tool to develop for Linux on MacOS. It deploys lightweight Linux containers on Apple silicon. Container is a free command-line tool. I've used all sorts of container tools over ...

Over the past six months I have reviewed five minimal Linux distributions that are optimized for running containers: Alpine Linux, CoreOS Container Linux, RancherOS, Red Hat Atomic Host, and VMware ...

Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...