Windows and Linux

martyfelker · Mar 7, 2024

Microsoft has started referring to its CBL-Mariner distro as Azure Linux

While it came as a bit of a surprise when it first became public, it has been known for some time that Microsoft has its own Linux distro called CBL-Mariner. The name has been questioned by many, and it is in the process of changing.

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martyfelker · Mar 13, 2024

Windows Linux is already a thing. Maybe Linux was secretly working for Redmond

Microsoft has started referring to its CBL-Mariner distro as Azure Linux

While it came as a bit of a surprise when it first became public, it has been known for some time that Microsoft has its own Linux distro called CBL-Mariner. The name has been questioned by many, and it is in the process of changing.

betanews.com

martyfelker · Mar 20, 2024

Upgraded Fedora 40 to Fedora 41. Certainly a hell of lot easier than upgrading Windows to anyithing.

jimbo45 · Mar 20, 2024

@martyfelker

Anybody remember "Lindows" which had to abandon the name due to some corporate lawyer speak from Microsoft.

I'm of the believer seeing how easy in both SUSE and REDHAT (IBM) which offer rolling releases tokeep systems updated that Windows should itself have LTSC versions (stability for enterprise / SME's etc and interested individuals) and rolling releases for those interested to try out new stuff.

Instead of the dogsmess of the various insider releases -- just have 2 branches -- a testing (or slightly more stable branch) for new / state of the art software amd a "next release" branch which might be a lot more unstable but would have all the latest eseoteric stuff in it.

(Frdora 40 -- testing, Fedora41 -- rawhide rolling release -- next release)

e.g
:

Fedora nightly compose finder

cheers
jimbo