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 ...

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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 ...

The Linux Kernel Crypto API provides kernel-level cryptographic operations accessible to both kernel modules and user-space applications through AF_ALG sockets. User-space applications communicate ...

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 ...

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 ...

A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems to establish a silent foothold as well as facilitate a broad range of post-compromise ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

At Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization, we’re reimagining how engineers, product managers, and program managers work. Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) is our company’s end-to-end software ...

Linux Mint isn't perfect, but it has some clear advantages over Windows 11. Here's what stood out after I made the move. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on ...