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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.
(blogs.windows.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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I meant running windows on them, its enormous and its all linux servers. I know you can run windows but it'll be a tiny fraction.
Microsoft don’t care what you run on azure, just that you’re using azure. In fact running Linux on azure instead of Windows benefits them because it’s more lightweight so their hardware stretches further.