Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's first general-purpose Linux

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Author: haydenbarnes

Date: 6/5/2026

Article Summary:
Microsoft releases Azure Linux 4.0, a general-purpose Linux distribution, into public preview, allowing users to run it on any Azure virtual machine.