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Microsoft Has Built a Linux Distro

Posted by Soulskill on from the wait-what dept.

jbernardo writes: Microsoft has built a Linux distro, and is using it for their Azure data centers. From their blog post: "It is a cross-platform modular operating system for data center networking built on Linux." Apparently, the existing SDN (Software Defined Network) implementations didn't fit Microsoft's plans for the ACS (Azure Cloud Switch), so they decided to roll their own infrastructure. No explanation why they settled on Linux, though — could it be that there is no Windows variant that would fit the bill? In other news, Lucifer has been heard complaining of the sudden cold.

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  1. Re:If it doesn't use systemd, I'd like to use it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the hell would you suggest Slackware?

    Slackware is not a viable alternative to Debian 7, for example, for any kind of serious use.

    Maybe Slackware is tolerable for your hobbyist home server.

    Slackware is not tolerable for anything remotely serious.

    Before the systemd/Debian 8 disaster, Debian used to provide a trustworthy foundation, sensible defaults, easy package installation and updates, timely security fixes, outstanding reliability, and a large supportive community, all at a very reasonable cost.

    Slackware is severely lacking in most of those areas, as are many of the other niche distros that people like you so often recommend.

    That is why Slackware, and the other niche distros, are not viable options.

    So don't even bother suggesting them.

    They won't work.