Canonical expects Ubuntu running through Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to overtake native Ubuntu desktop installations within the next few months. The prediction reflects faster growth among Ubuntu users on Windows 11, where developers and AI engineers can access Linux tools without replacing Windows or configuring dual boot.
Source : 4sysops
On Tuesday, December 8th, Red Hat and CentOS announced the end of CentOS 8. To be specific, CentOS 8 will reach end of life at the end of 2021, 8 years ahead of schedule. To really understand what that means, and how we got here, it’s worth taking a trip down memory lane, and looking at how the history of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and IBM are intertwined.
If you are a developer or system administrator that wants to learn about working with containers, Docker for Windows provides a great way to get up and running quickly. Windows 10 contains built in support for Windows Containers and Hyper-V Containers. Additionally, you can run Linux containers using Hyper-V, a minimal Linux kernel and userland in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and in Windows Server 1709 or later.
In this article, I will show you how to create a Linux container in Windows 10 using Docker for Windows. If you want to perform the same task on Windows Server, you’ll need Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE) instead. To follow the instructions below, you must be running Windows 10 version 1709 or later, on a device that supports Hyper-V with at least 4096MB of RAM. Docker for Windows supports 64-bit Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows 10 only.
Now that Windows 10 supports running several different Linux distros, Microsoft has added a flag to NTFS that forces the file system to recognize files and folders that are only different by case differently. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to enable the flag on a folder and explain why you might need this feature
