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Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's first general-purpose Linux

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft’s first general-purpose Linux Microsoft’s in-house Linux, the distribution that grew out of CBL-Mariner, just hit public preview as a general-purpose cloud OS you can run on any Azure VM. Here is why that is a real step in Microsoft’s Linux journey, not just a version bump. Microsoft shipped Azure Linux 4.0 into public preview at Build 2026, and for the first time you can run it on any Azure virtual machine, not just as the host underneath Azure Kubernetes Service.

Azure Linux Desktop

Azure Linux "Desktop": A Build 2026 mashup of wslc, WinUI Reactor, and Azure Linux 4.0 A nifty Windows app that boots a full Linux desktop in a window, wiring together the wslc container API, WinUI Reactor, Azure Linux 4.0, .NET 10, with a pinch of nostalgia. I wanted to try out some of the cool stuff that came out of Microsoft Build 2026. Azure Linux "Desktop" is a small Windows app that boots a full Linux desktop in a window.

The return of France’s train of marvels: from the Côte d’Azur to the Southern French Alps

Her tair iaith i'r hyfforddwr rygbi o Drimsaran sy'n ffynnu yn y Côte d'Azur

So You Want a Coat of Arms

The first thing you notice upon entering the College of Arms, in London, is a small and incongruously blue statue of a kiwi, clutching a gold axe in its right claw. Sorry, let me try that again: In the odd historic language of heraldry, this is “a kiwi Azure grasping in the dexter foot an ice axe bendwise Or. ”The bird belongs to the coat of arms of Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, who was part of the first team to conquer Mount Everest.

Has Microsoft Lost Its Mojo (Again)?

This week, Satya Nadella kicked off Microsoft’s annual Build developer’s conference with typical boasts about new products and a sunny view of AI. The focus of his speech was how Microsoft was going gaga for agentic AI. But there was a cloud over the gathering at San Francisco’s Fort Mason, and I’m not talking about Azure.

Arm moves into the heart of the cloud stack

Arm-based processors are becoming a fundamental part of modern cloud infrastructure, moving beyond being a mere option. Major hyperscalers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure are deploying Arm silicon to meet growing demands for performance while controlling power consumption and cost. This shift is enabling significant efficiency gains, with some companies reporting substantial cost savings and performance improvements by adopting heterogeneous cloud environments.

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

Microsoft has cut off access to dozens of its open source projects hosted on GitHub as it investigates how hackers apparently breached the projects and injected password-stealing malware into the code. Many of the affected projects relate to Microsoft’s cloud service Azure and other tools used by developers to code with AI development apps, such as Claude Code, Gemini’s command line interface, and VS Code. According to security firm Cloudsmith and community-driven malware analysis site...

Dynamic Function Configuration and its Management in Serverless Computing: A Taxonomy and Future Directions

arXiv:2510.02404v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The serverless cloud computing model offers a framework where the service provider abstracts the underlying infrastructure management from developers. In this serverless model, FaaS provides an event-driven, function-oriented computing service characterised by fine-grained, usage-based pricing that eliminates cost for idle resources. Platforms like AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Cloud Run Functions require developers to configure their...

Microsoft Build: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more

Microsoft’s Build event is under way in San Francisco, USA, with the expected focus on agentic AI but also a few surprises, such as Unix-style Coreutils for Windows. CEO Satya Nadella presented Project Solara, based on future devices which "are not meant to run traditional apps. They are designed for agents," according to applied science group leader Steven Bathiche; it is as much aspiration than specific plans and whether it is dream or nightmare is open to question.