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Microsoft and Canonical Make Custom Linux Kernel (neowin.net)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

Billly Gates writes: Microsoft and Canonical's relationship is getting closer besides Ubuntu for Windows. Azure will soon be offering more customized Ubuntu containers with a MS optimized kernel. Uname -r will show 4.11.0-1011-azure for Ubuntu cloud based 16.04 LTS. If you want the non MS kernel you can still use it on Azure by typing:
$ sudo apt install linux-virtual linux-cloud-tools-virtual
$ sudo apt purge linux*azure
$ sudo reboot
The article mentions several benefits over the generic Linux kernel for Azure

3 of 121 comments (clear)

  1. Does it provide necessary features? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Such as native hooks for telemetry?

  2. Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you run Linux on Azure because Windows is the "Gold Standard"? Do you also drive a red car because green is your favorite color?

  3. Re:Obligatory by Z80a · · Score: 4, Funny

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