Hello.
Can I use containers like Docker for running Windows applications like Adobe products on my Linux Box? I don't like to use emulator like Wine.

Thank you.

No, Maybe, Yes, Maybe.
Something like "never say never"...

https://www.docker.com/microsoft

Been looking at it and I'm not sure yet.

Figures, https://hub.docker.com/u/microsoft/

I may never run out of work.

It just for Windows Server? How about Desktop? I like to run Adobe Photoshop and other products via containers in Linux.

The MS stuff reflects their work that is included in the server 2016 and most folks could get a demo copy of that to try.

Unless someone gets a better web guide that I can follow, I still can't say exactly how far one can transport a container. The guides so far that I've read only cover a point of view from a dedicated OS perspective. I doubt it could be far away from being something of a universal sort of container. I'll keep looking at it. Maybe you guys have time to set something up.

Looks very interesting. I could see Adobe selling a container and you could move it from Mac to Linux to AIX and such. Kind of like the old promise of Java, write once run anywhere.

Adobe have it?

It was just a notion. In reality Adobe wouldn't do that. They prefer to use the current software model where you have to install by license using some authentication method.

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A container is an elaborate use of permissions and/or a chroot jail to isolate a Linux user from other users on the system. The inaccessability goes in both directions. What software you run in a container is independent of using a container.

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