Azure Linux 4.0 is a Microsoft-developed, Fedora-derived general-purpose Linux distribution that is currently in public preview for Azure Virtual Machines, expanding beyond its origins as a container-focused system:
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After reading this article (unfortunately in German, so it might be a bit difficult for you), I’m leaning toward being skeptical of Azure Linux.
Even before reading the article, it was clear to me that Microsoft isn’t giving anything away for free and naturally wants to make money. However, Microsoft might be trying to strengthen its position in ways that could be detrimental to the Linux community.
We’ll see.
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True. GitHub started off positive when Microsoft took them over. But then over time, they have not been as many positives.
Can we trust Microsoft? Can we trust big corps? I mean look at what Red Hat did to CentOS. 
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