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froh | on: Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's first general-purpose Linux
call me old fashioned isn't a general purpose OS one that runs on any hardware and set up? and is certified with hardware vendors for full backing and support?

all this says is: "MS now provides a unified Linux from WSL to the MS cloud. just like what you got w/ SUSE RH canonical up to now. but without any support outside the MS stack.", right?

or am I missing something?

PacificSpecific | parent | next
Don't worry you aren't. Luckily no one will use this distro day to day
steve1977 | parent | next
I'd say old fashioned Linux would come without any certification or support.
froh | root | parent
I didn't mean DIY / Linux from scratch.

and I meant where I come from a general purpose OS is for any purpose, not just to run it on a very specific stack.

SUSE - Find Certified Hardware Products https://www.suse.com/yesCertified/home

similar pages exist for RH and canonical

but then Windows also is a general purpose OS.

hm.

what if MS strategizes on their hyper-v as hypervisor, with windows as control Panel and all payload on their Azure Linux? popcorn time?

steve1977 | root | parent
What I meant was "pure" non-commercial Linux distros like Debian or Arch.
froh | root | parent
snicker in slackware. get it, thanks for clarifying.
haydenbarnes | parent | next
ISV certification is coming.

On-prem hardware support would be interesting, wouldn't it?

froh | root | parent
without certification of other clouds and any hardware this is not general purpose.

their plan might however be a Micro-Windows, which only boots the hyper-v, which then runs that Linux. that move would leverage the Microsoft Windows hardware certification.

starkgoose | parent | next
I fell like this could be a move to purposefully mislead and confuse "Normies" of what to expect from "general purpose Linux" means.
hsbauauvhabzb | parent | next
AFAIK it isn’t a declared term my left shoe is my first general purpose operating system, if i toss an esp32 in there i can probably call it linux too.
Scroll_Swe | parent
Computing changed fast. I'm lucky I bought my new gaming PC last year. Hopefully not my last but the overlords want us to rent forever.