Microsoft made Azure Linux 4.0 publicly available in June 2026 as a preview release through Azure virtual machine images, container images, and downloadable ISO files, giving testers a way to install Microsoft’s Fedora-derived Linux distribution outside Azure for the first time. That last detail...
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Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 at Open Source Summit North America in Minneapolis on May 18, 2026, turning its formerly container-focused Azure Linux work into a supported, general-purpose server distribution for Azure virtual machines while separating container hosting into Azure Container...
