BEbearzdev·Aug 16, 2022
they have an internal distro on github: https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
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8 sourcesCBL-Mariner (Common Base Linux) free/open-source Linux by Microsoft : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBL-Mariner
CBL-Mariner : https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
In Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these dayshttps://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
Microsoft's linux platforms presently run mostly on Ubuntu. You're right that one way out of that dependency would be to buy Canonical. They chose to make their own top level Linux distro instead.
In Red Hat RHEL 9 release>Microsoft could still make an Android fork the same way they rebased Edge on chromium. Since android is mediocre on many aspects (e.g. no modern and performant Java support) they could differentiate and create a market opportunity. Their name is big enough to create a store. They already have a linux distro BTW https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
I think this is what never made sense to me about the failure of Windows Phone. They have a store. They have an operating system. They have an unbelievably extensive list of hardware partners with decades of manufacturing experience. They have some of the best engineers in the world. And yet, they ceded the single largest consumer industry to Google and Apple. The only explanation is poor leadership.
In On the Duopoly of MobileMicrosoft could still make an Android fork the same way they rebased Edge on chromium. Since android is mediocre on many aspects (e.g. no modern and performant Java support) they could differentiate and create a market opportunity. Their name is big enough to create a store.
They already have a linux distro BTW https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
In On the Duopoly of MobileOP: Microsoft CBL-Mariner Linux Distro : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBL-Mariner
GitHub - microsoft/CBL-Mariner: Linux OS : https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
In Microsoft Enables SELinux by Default for CBL-Mariner Linux DistroThey do have a Linux distro.
https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner/
In Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setupMicrosoft has a(t least one) Linux Distro: CBL-Mariner [1]. Not a desktop offering, obviously, but I felt like it was worth pointing out.
[1] https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner
In Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup