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

Agent Name Service would create a standardized way to verify identity and capabilities across enterprise AI systems.

Backed by contributions from Bloomberg, Nutanix, and Tetrate, v1.0 delivers production-grade routing, governance and ...

The AI race isn’t about models anymore — it’s about who controls the data context. To avoid massive vendor lock-in, you need to own your system's ontology.

Author and project developer Hayden Barnes has built Azure Linux Desktop as an experimental Windows app that boots a full Azure Linux desktop inside a window. Barnes’s June 6 prototype puts ...

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Experts At The Table: In-silicon observability — also known as on-die or on-chip visibility — is becoming increasingly important for managing the performance, reliability, and security of today’s high ...

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 ...

Azure Linux 4.0 expands Microsoft’s Linux strategy for secure AI and server workloads. Azure Container Linux offers hardened, lightweight infrastructure for Azure containers and regulated enterprises.

At the Open Source Summit North America this week, Microsoft announced two major milestones for Linux workloads on Azure: Azure Linux 4.0 running on Azure virtual machines and the general availability ...

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 ...