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Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that's nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that's nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora
Windows Latest • Jun 28, 2026

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, Fedora, and RHEL

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QuietDeluxe's avatar
QuietDeluxe 3mo

I would imagine Microsoft is in damage control mode if the exodus to Linux that I've read about is true.

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CathyBikesBook 3mo

LMAO. F*ck microsoft

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EmilGH's avatar
EmilGH 2mo

Can I like this twice?

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EmilGH 3mo

Does it ship with an alias for dir to ls? Please tell me it does. Even if it doesn’t.

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