Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL

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

You can get the feature by running wsl --update, and once installed, there's a new wslc.exe command-line tool.

Microsoft also includes container.exe as an alias, so you can use more familiar container commands.

"WSL containers CLI: wslc.exe to directly build, run and deploy Linux containers on Windows, or use its built-in alias container.exe to run the same familiar container commands," Microsoft explained.

There's also a WSL Containers API, which allows Windows apps to programmatically launch and interact with Linux containers.

"Access functions to run Linux containers programmatically in your native Windows apps – unlocking scenarios like running local AI workloads or using cloud-based containerized applications locally," Microsoft noted.