From faac84e35d1b28dfd671770a62f6aa389aaa2746 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiaan van Stijn Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:58:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) (experimental) The experimental feature to run Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) was introduced as a technical preview in Docker 17.09. While many enhancements were made after its introduction, the feature never reached completeness, and development has now stopped in favor of running docker natively on Linux in WSL2. Developers that need to run Linux workloads on a Windows host are encouraged to use Docker Desktop with WSL2 instead. Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn --- docs/deprecated.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/deprecated.md b/docs/deprecated.md index 348e1f6e93..d4f7e37e89 100644 --- a/docs/deprecated.md +++ b/docs/deprecated.md @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ The table below provides an overview of the current status of deprecated feature Status | Feature | Deprecated | Remove -----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------ +Deprecated | [Linux containers on Windows (LCOW)](#linux-containers-on-windows-lcow-experimental) | v20.10 | - Deprecated | [Kernel memory limit](#kernel-memory-limit) | v20.10 | - Deprecated | [Classic Swarm and overlay networks using external key/value stores](#classic-swarm-and-overlay-networks-using-cluster-store) | v20.10 | - Deprecated | [Support for the legacy `~/.dockercfg` configuration file for authentication](#support-for-legacy-dockercfg-configuration-files) | v20.10 | - @@ -93,6 +94,18 @@ Removed | [`--api-enable-cors` flag on `dockerd`](#--api-enable-cors-flag-on- Removed | [`--run` flag on `docker commit`](#--run-flag-on-docker-commit) | v0.10 | v1.13 Removed | [Three arguments form in `docker import`](#three-arguments-form-in-docker-import) | v0.6.7 | v1.12 +### Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) (experimental) + +**Deprecated in Release: v20.10** + +The experimental feature to run Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) was introduced +as a technical preview in Docker 17.09. While many enhancements were made after +its introduction, the feature never reached completeness, and development has +now stopped in favor of running docker natively on Linux in WSL2. + +Developers who want to run Linux workloads on a Windows host are encouraged to use +[Docker Desktop with WSL2](https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/) instead. + ### Kernel memory limit **Deprecated in Release: v20.10**