Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

A minimal Linux distro from Microsoft? Anything is possible.

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...

Linux now powers much of Azure, and Microsoft maintains its own Linux distribution to support cloud infrastructure and ...

The PorteuX project has officially released PorteuX 2.6, bringing a new round of updates to the lightweight Slackware-based ...

I've tested many portable Linux distros, but PorteuX is the one I keep on my USB drive ...

Dabbling for the first time in Linux starts with choosing a Linux distribution. A typical “Linux” system is built up of software from many different open-source projects, including the Linux kernel.

With all the many reasons to use Linux today–particularly in a business setting–it’s often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. What can be more difficult, however, is deciding which ...

Because why not?

If you’re looking for a simple way to spin up a Linux distribution for development purposes, Instantbox makes it happen from within a web browser. If you’re a developer — especially one who works with ...

Daniel Foré is the founder of elementary OS, a boutique Linux distribution developed by a small startup that scraped by on user donations and merchandise sales. Then, inspired by an established ...

Linux offers an amazing range of desktop distributions that will meet the computing needs of just about any user. But the sheer number of distributions can often be confusing to newbies, who sometimes ...