...or just use colinux: http://www.colinux.org/ "that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software. In its current condition, it allows us to run the KNOPPIX Japanese Edition on Windows."
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Judging by the number of times "when will Docker support Windows containers?" has been asked... no.
Windows is not quite there yet but... who knows :)
- Process isolation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2bh4z9hs.aspx
- Network isolation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh77053...
- Disks:
-- Mounting volumes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...
-- NTFS provides something like copy-on-write (part of a union file system) via "Single Instance Storage" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS , http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-details-how-windows-8-w...
-- VHD "differencing disks": http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd569754.aspx, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720381(v=ws.10)...
...or just use colinux: http://www.colinux.org/ "that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software. In its current condition, it allows us to run the KNOPPIX Japanese Edition on Windows."