Azure Linux

Azure Linux
DeveloperMicrosoft
Written inGo, Shell script, C, Roff, Python
OS familyLinux
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseApril 1, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-01)
(as CBL-Mariner)
Latest release3.0.20240824 / August 24, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-08-24)[1]
Repositorygithub.com/microsoft/azurelinux
Marketing targetCloud infrastructure and edge products and services
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
LicensePrimarily MIT License, with some components under Photon License, Apache License v2, GPLv2, and LGPLv2.1[2]
Official websitegithub.com/microsoft/azurelinux

Azure Linux, previously known as CBL-Mariner (in which CBL stands for Common Base Linux),[3] is a free and open-source Linux distribution that Microsoft has developed. It is the base container OS for Microsoft Azure services[4][5] and the graphical component of WSL 2.[6]

  1. ^ "Release 3.0.20240824 · microsoft/azurelinux". GitHub.
  2. ^ "CBL-Mariner". GitHub. 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ Branscombe, Mary (December 2, 2020). "What is Microsoft doing with Linux? Everything you need to know about its plans for open source". TechRepublic.
  4. ^ Foley, Mary Jo (November 11, 2020). "CBL-Mariner: Microsoft's internal Linux distribution for Azure first-party services and edge appliances". ZDNet.
  5. ^ Bisson, Simon (November 10, 2020). "Microsoft adds a new Linux: CBL-Mariner". InfoWorld.
  6. ^ Foley, Mary Jo (2021-04-21). "New Windows 10 test build adds first preview of Linux GUI apps on WSL". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-04-23.