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Stefan Scherer
Personal blog · stefanscherer.github.iosystemsprogramming
Stefan Scherer's personal blog at stefanscherer.github.io covers systems and programming. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Run Linux and Windows Containers on Windows 10”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Stefan Scherer's posts on running Linux and Windows containers with Docker on Windows, cited as support for points about Docker's Windows container support. Commenters cite them without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Run Linux and Windows Containers on Windows 102 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-09-26
What Hacker News says?
> Docker for Mac/Windows still run in a hypervisor because so much of Docker is specific to Linux/cgroups. As I understand it, that what you describe is true of Docker for Mac, but not Docker for Windows which uses Windows' built-in container support (analogous to cgroups). https://stefanscherer.github.io/how-to-run-lightweight-windo...
Comment linking /how-to-run-lightweight-windows-containers-on-windows-10/
on “Dissatisfied with Docker”Submitted Run Linux and Windows Containers on Windows 10 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBeta26 of Docker for Windows (public, free) setups up both Linux and Windows Docker daemon on Windows 10: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/#/b... Details here: * https://blog.docker.com/2016/09/build-your-first-docker-wind... * https://stefanscherer.github.io/run-linux-and-windows-contai...
Comment linking /run-linux-and-windows-containers-on-windows-10/
on “Introducing Docker for Windows Server 2016”The public beta version (which has all the latest and greatest) has support for Windows containers too: https://stefanscherer.github.io/run-linux-and-windows-contai...
Comment linking /run-linux-and-windows-containers-on-windows-10/
on “Introducing Docker for Windows Server 2016”