Microsoft's WSL containers hit GA, taking on Docker Desktop on Windows

Microsoft's WSL containers reached general availability on September 29: the built-in wslc command builds and runs Linux containers from PowerShell without Docker Desktop. It supports OCI images including Docker Hub, Windows folder mounts, port publishing and GPU access.

• wslc command runs Linux containers from PowerShell without Docker Desktop
• Supports OCI images, including those from Docker Hub
• Includes Windows folder mounts, port publishing and GPU access
• Native Docker Compose support is still not available