Anonymous ID: c9418e July 1, 2026, 2:58 p.m. No.24779756   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9766

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

Twenty-five years ago, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, called “Linux a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” At Build 2026 in June, the same company shipped its own Linux distribution to the public. Well, at least the product is not a joke!

Azure Linux 4.0 is a real, open-source Linux distribution maintained entirely by Microsoft. It is derived from Fedora, runs on Azure virtual machines, and has already been powering Microsoft’s own infrastructure for years without most people knowing its existence.

What Build 2026 changed is that it is now a free product for anyone to download and use. However, it’s completely different from the other popular Linux Distros like Ubuntu or Mint.

 

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/29/microsoft-called-linux-a-cancer-now-ships-its-own-free-distro-thats-nothing-like-ubuntu-or-fedora/

 

If you can't beat them, join them…I guess