Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise
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- You can now install Azure Linux on your own server.
- Azure Linux may prove a competitor to mainstream enterprise Linux distros.
- Is Windows Server long for this world?
When my friend and Directions on Microsoft's Editor-in-Chief Mary Jo Foley wrote in late May that Azure Linux 4.0 would be available for bare-metal servers and virtual machines (VMs), I thought, "I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for this." That's a good thing because it took Microsoft until this week to fulfill the promise.
True, Microsoft did release Azure Linux 4.0, but I assumed it would only be available for ages on Microsoft's own Azure cloud. I mean, that's what the distribution is designed for after all. However, Microsoft has turned Azure Linux 4.0 from internal cloud plumbing into a full‑fledged server distribution. You...
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