Microsoft Published an update for Azure Linux 3.0.20241101, which continues the development of a stable branch established in August 3.0. This distribution serves as a universal platform for Linux installations in cloud infrastructure, EDGE systems, and various Microsoft services. The projects under the Azure Linux project are distributed under the MIT license. Packages are built for architectures Aarch64 and X86_64, with the installation image size being 751 Mb. (Source: Microsoft)
Some of the changes in the new version include:
- Support for the ff-a (Firmware Framework for ARM A-Profile) specification for ARM architecture systems.
- Inclusion of the Intel_ifs nucleus (In-Field Scan) for running low-level diagnostic CPU tests on Intel processors.
- Addition of SBAT-records for Fedora Linux in the GRUB2 bootloader.
- Enabling config_x86_amd_platform_device while assembling the kernel to process ACPI specifics as typical platform devices.
- Handling IPTables commands through the broadcast of rules into nftables bytecode.
- Updated versions of various packages like Linux 6.6.57, Go 1.23, MySQL 8.0.40, and more. (Source: Microsoft)
The Azure Linux distribution offers a standard set of basic packages to create containers, hosts, and services in cloud infrastructures and on various platforms. More complex solutions can be built upon Azure Linux by adding additional packages, maintaining a consistent foundation for easier support and updates.
Azure Linux also serves as the foundation for the mini-display project wslg.