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		hda111 on Nov 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly Is Docker counting as a separate operating system? Doesn’t it use the same Linux kernel as WSL? Or do you mean Windows Containers in Docker?

muststopmyths on Nov 12, 2021 [–]

Sorry just saw this now. Docker on Windows can launch guest OSes using the HCS interface. There is a bunch of code in docker that does so. It is the only public application I know of that uses the API.

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