For many years, the most popular operating system on Azure has not been Windows Server , it's been Linux . Last time I checked, in 2024, Azure Linux Platforms Group Program Manager Jack Aboutboul told me that 60% of Azure Marketplace offerings and more than 60% of virtual machine cores use Linux. Those figures mean it's sensible for Microsoft to make it easier than ever for Linux distributors to release first class Linux distros on Azure. Also: 5 factors steadily fueling Linux's...
