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

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

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

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

Latest Parallels RAS release delivers expanded Nutanix, Azure, and Azure Virtual Desktop capabilities, greater infrastructure flexibility, and improved browser-based user experiencesAUSTIN, Texas, Jun ...

Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.

Microsoft brought the 4.0 Linux release into public testing for virtual machines on June 2, expanding the in-house distribution into a customer-selectable cloud image. That is a broader role than ...

Microsoft has announced Coreutils, a new Windows 11 feature that allows developers to run many popular Linux command line utilities natively on Windows from a single binary. Revealed at this week’s ...

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Microsoft used the Open Source Summit North America 2026 event to position open-source infrastructure and hardened Linux distributions as foundational components for emerging AI-native and agentic ...

Microsoft has announced an Azure VM preview for Azure Linux while also moving Azure Container Linux into general availability. Together, those moves give Microsoft’s in-house Linux stack a more ...