Yesterday, packages.microsoft.com—the repository from which Microsoft serves software installers for Linux distributions including CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and more—went down hard, and it ...

This week, Microsoft's Linux package repositories suffered an hours-long outage, followed by performance issues spanning over a day. Users relying on the packages.microsoft.com repository to pull ...

Microsoft is discontinuing support for the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols on its Linux Software Repository starting with September 24, 2020. TLS is a secure protocol used for encrypting the ...

How to install and configure the fast and lightweight container host Linux distribution for Azure Kubernetes Service and the Microsoft Container Registry. Microsoft’s CBL-Mariner Linux distribution is ...

Linux loyalists had a nasty surprise waiting for them on June 16. packages.microsoft.com died for the bulk of the day. Even when it returned, users reported painfully slow downloads. Though a day ...

Believe it or not, Jack Hammons, Microsoft Program Manager, recently wrote, "Beginning with Windows Insiders builds this Summer, we will include an in-house custom-built Linux kernel to underpin the ...

Think of Microsoft and Linux, and you’re likely to think about its work building an optimized Linux kernel for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Pushed out through Windows update, Microsoft ...

Microsoft this week announced that its own full Linux kernel will power WSL2, the newest version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). This marks the first time that Microsoft will include the ...

It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code. The announcement was made at the Build 2025 developer conference, closing a nearly ...

Microsoft this week announced the availability of the Microsoft Edge browser for Linux systems, which is currently available as a preview for participants in the Microsoft Edge Insider Program.