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Multiple Linux distributions could be installed and were available for install in the Windows Store. [11] In 2017 Richard Stallman expressed fears that integrating GNU functionality into Windows will only hinder the development of free software, calling efforts like WSL "a step backward in the campaign for freedom." [12]
The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine. [6] It was first released in 2013 and is developed by Docker, Inc. [ 7 ] Docker is a tool that is used to automate the deployment of applications in lightweight containers so that applications can work efficiently in different environments in isolation.
Azure Linux, previously known as CBL-Mariner (in which CBL stands for Common Base Linux), [3] is a free and open-source Linux distribution that Microsoft has developed. It is the base container OS for Microsoft Azure services [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and the graphical component of WSL 2 .
Docker, Inc. is an American technology company that develops productivity tools built around Docker, which automates the deployment of code inside software containers. [1] [2] Major commercial products of the company are Docker Hub, a central repository of containers, and Docker Desktop, a GUI application for Windows and Mac to manage containers.
Singularity is a free and open-source computer program that performs operating-system-level virtualization also known as containerization. [4]One of the main uses of Singularity is to bring containers and reproducibility to scientific computing and the high-performance computing (HPC) world.
Founder Natanael Copa has said that the name was chosen as a backronym for "A Linux-Powered Network Engine" or some such similar phrase, but that the exact phrase has since been forgotten. [14] Alpine's package management system, the Alpine Package Keeper, [15] was originally a collection of shell scripts [16] but was later rewritten in C. [17]
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution. Most Linux distributions , as collections of software based around the Linux kernel and often around a package management system , provide complete LAMP setups through their packages.
The Quick Emulator (QEMU) [4] is a free and open-source emulator that uses dynamic binary translation to emulate a computer's processor; that is, it translates the emulated binary codes to an equivalent binary format which is executed by the machine.