alt.hn

7/2/2026 at 4:07:14 PM

Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-azure-linux-4-0-could-replace-windows-server-in-enterprise/

by CrankyBear

7/2/2026 at 4:20:39 PM

Author doesn't understand that Azure services are run on top of Windows Server...

by 0x1d7

7/2/2026 at 6:14:21 PM

Did you mean Azure Host OS?

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windowsosplatform/a...

by SupLockDef

7/2/2026 at 5:08:57 PM

The interesting shift isn't that Microsoft ships Linux anymore—it's that almost nobody is surprised by it.

by johnathan101

7/2/2026 at 8:06:15 PM

It is clear that UNIX won the server room, and the current form most people use of it is Linux, because POSIX ends up being a bit meh.

Additionally, it is a kind of phyrric victory, because when using cloud services with managed containers, the underlying OS isn't that much relevant, unless using languages like C and C++, without rich runtimes that abstract the OS.

by pjmlp