Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise

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

Azure Linux 4.0 Released: Microsoft Expands Its Enterprise Linux Platform Beyond the Cloud

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

Microsoft Announces Azure Linux 4.0, Its First General-Purpose Server Linux Distribution

Microsoft recently announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit North America 2026 in Minneapolis. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based, general-purpose server distribution ...
Windows Latest

Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

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

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026 ...
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Microsoft made a Linux distro, and it's not what you'd expect

When I heard that Microsoft had created a real Linux distro, my first instinct was to look out the window for airborne pork. But as with WSL, it seems that Microsoft has become a Linux distributor ...