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.

Hardware limitations and the end of Windows 10 support are pushing some users toward Linux

Linux is increasingly becoming the top alternative for users who can't upgrade their PCs to Windows 11.
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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 ...

Microsoft lets Azure Linux 4 out of the cloud in downloadable ISO form

Microsoft's Fedora-derived Azure Linux 4 has hit a new milestone: you can now run it outside of Azure. The project's GitHub page now offers ISO file downloads in addition to its A ...
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 ...
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I read the leaked Halloween documents—here’s what Microsoft feared most about Linux

They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether geeky, the Halloween ...
WinBuzzer

Microsoft Posts Azure Linux 4 ISO Downloads on GitHub

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.
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Windows 11 can now run Linux containers with WSL Containers, no Docker Desktop needed (hands on)

We installed WSL Containers on Windows 11, built a custom container from scratch, tested it, and checked what still needs ...