Microsoft's new Azure Linux 4.0 is here, and it could replace Windows Server in the enterprise

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

I've tested many portable Linux distros, but PorteuX is the one I keep on my USB drive

I've tested many portable Linux distros, but PorteuX is the one I keep on my USB drive ...
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Microsoft called Linux a cancer, now ships its own free distro that’s nothing like Ubuntu or Fedora

Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's own Fedora-derived Linux distro for Azure cloud workloads. Here is how it compares to Ubuntu, ...
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Windows 11 can now run Linux containers with WSL Containers, no Docker Desktop needed (hands on)

We installed WSL Containers on Windows 11, built a custom container from scratch, tested it, and checked what still needs ...

Parallels Desktop turns 20, and it lets the budget MacBook Neo (or any Mac) run Windows

Apple's cheapest laptop runs on an iPhone chip with 8GB of RAM. Parallels has now made it run Windows 11 too, and the ...

Mageia 10 keeps the 32-bit Linux flame alive

Mageia 10 marks 15 years since the distribution's first release in June 2011. The project began the previous year as a fork ...
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Running AI Locally, Part 2: From VMware Context to Hands-On Tools

Tom Fenton moves from local AI concepts to hands-on tools for matching LLMs to hardware, running local chatbots with Ollama and benchmarking AI performance.

Google Restocks $3 ChromeOS Flex USB Kit Following Early Sellout

Google and Back Market’s $3 ChromeOS Flex USB Kit helps older PCs avoid e-waste, but availability remains limited after early ...

Zuck saves Meta bucks by reusing memory from old servers with a custom CXL ASIC

In production on millions of boxes and the payoff is a 25% reduction in machines needed for some inference workloads ...