Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows

Now not only can you run Linux from within Windows without third-party tools, but can do so within containers. Microsoft has continued the trend of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) being one of the company's more interesting developer technologies with the arrival of a public preview of WSL containers. According to Microsoft, the update adds a pair of new features to WSL: "A built in Linux container CLI and an API for Windows applications to run Linux containers as part of their app logic."