Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

Microsoft has posted Azure Linux 4 ISO downloads on GitHub, adding a local test path while the Fedora-derived preview stays Azure-focused and evaluation-only.

Microsoft has officially unveiled Azure Linux 4.0, the latest version of its open-source Linux distribution designed for ...

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

Microsoft has announced that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available in the Azure Marketplace so that you can use it in an Azure Virtual Machine. This version will be supported for up to 12 years. Microsoft ...

Microsoft released its first full Linux distro: Azure Linux 4.0. Azure Linux ix split into Azure Container Linux and the virtual machine edition. Microsoft effectively admits that it's a de facto ...

When I heard that Microsoft had created a real Linux distro, my first instinct was to look out the window for airborne pork.

Microsoft has launched Azure Linux 4.0, a Fedora-based server OS optimized for Azure and hybrid environments, signaling a ...

Microsoft is fundamentally updating its cloud distribution Azure Linux. Version 4.0 relies on a modern base and increased ...

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Linux now powers much of Azure, and Microsoft maintains its own Linux distribution to support cloud infrastructure and ...

It's been a long road, but Microsoft announced on April 4 a preview of Arm support on Azure virtual machines via its work with Ampere Computing. Ampere is a startup that makes server chips. Ampere ...