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Microsoft announces WSL 2; Ships with a real Linux Kernel

By AnandKhanse@TWC |

Microsoft has announced a significant upgrade to Windows Subsystem for Linux. The second version of WSL has a new architecture which dramatically improves the system performance. WSL 2 is full system call compatible, i.e., you will be able to run […]

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Windows 10 File Explorer will be able to browse Linux Files

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft had announced Windows Subsystem for Linux with Windows 10 v1607. It has been about two and a half years since then, and the Linux flavor distros in the Microsoft Store have been growing at a good rate with major […]

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Microsoft ports ProcDump to Linux; Other SysInternal tools to follow

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Microsoft is also planning to port the highly popular Sysinternals tools to Linux. It has started with ProcDump – and its version for Linux is now available. This tool offers a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps […]

Microsoft publishes Release Notes for Bash on Windows 10 v1809

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft has introduced a ton of new things in Bash for Linux on Windows 10 v1809. As per the details published by Microsoft, here is that is new with this software component inside of Windows 10 version 1809. Bash on […]

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PowerShell Core for Linux is now available as a Snap package

By AyushVij@TWCN |

Microsoft announced PowerShell Core to push the boundaries further in such a way that the language is available for everyone no matter where they are from or what platform they work on. Hence, they made PowerShell Core of Windows 10, […]

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Now developers can deploy ANY Linux flavor as Windows Subsystem for Linux

By AyushVij@TWCN |

With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, Microsoft added a new feature called Windows Subsystem for Linux. Here, any user running Windows 10 Pro could run the Linux terminals from their Windows 10 desktop environment. Earlier, […]

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New Linux Malware attacks AVTech IOT devices

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

A new malware that targets Linux-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been detected by Search-Lab, a Security research and development firm. This Linux ARM malware called as ELF_IMEIJ.A exploits a vulnerability in devices from AVTech, a surveillance technology company. […]

Clear Linux OS now available in Azure Marketplace

By AnkitChawla@TWC |

Microsoft today announced the much-awaited availability of Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture in the Azure Marketplace. Clear Linux OS is a free and open source Linux distribution software built from the ground up for cloud and data center environments and built to complement the […]

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Microsoft joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member

By AnkitChawla@TWC |

In an unexpected turn of events, the prestigious Linux Foundation announced that Microsoft, the world’s second most valuable corporation, had joined as a Platinum member during Microsoft Connect event held in New York.   This move comes after Microsoft has […]

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Linux 4.8 Kernel Support for Microsoft Surface 3 touchscreen

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

After subjecting it to repeated tests and lot of tweaks, Linux 4.8 Kernel was finally made available for Windows Surface tablet. The availability of Linux Kernel 4.8 for Surface tablets signals the merger of Linux and Windows and marks the […]

Microsoft’s Service Fabric is now available on Linux

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Businesses around the world have been relying a lot on the cloud to fuel innovation. Cloud apps are slowly becoming the future because they do not need to be installed on a computer to work. The only downside is the […]

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Microsoft launches Skype Alpha On Linux, Chrome

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

What comes as good news for Linux users, Microsoft has finally announced an update to its outdated Skype for Linux application. The company released the Alpha version of Skype app for Linux client yesterday bringing years of neglect to an […]

Sign up for the Preview of Azure Service Fabric on Linux

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

Service Fabric makes the work of managing and developing cloud applications simpler. Its deployment is simple and manageable since applications are built and run in small building blocks — known as microservices. Microsoft had earlier introduced Azure Service Fabric somewhere […]

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Microsoft gets Oracle’s Linux man on board

By AnkitGupta@TWCN |

Wim Coekaerts, the senior vice president of Linux and virtualization engineering for Oracle is now a Microsoft man. Famously called as “Mr. Linux” at Oracle, Coekaerts helped Oracle become a Linux superpower in his 20 year tenure. Coekaerts joined Oracle […]

Ubuntu soon to run on Windows 10

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

You may soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. The Redmond giant Microsoft has reportedly partnered with Canonical with a goal to bring Ubuntu on Windows 10. Users will now be able to run Ubuntu as a subsystem […]

New Linux Trojan takes Screenshots and Records Audio

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

A recent report released by Doctor Web has detected a new Trojan for Linux users. The Trojan named as the Linux.Ekocms.1 reportedly takes the screenshots, download different files on the compromised machine and helps the hackers spy on the users. […]

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Microsoft introduces new Certification for Azure on Linux

By MahitHuilgol@TWC |

Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on Azure Junction. The non-profit organization has been created in tandem with the Linux foundation and will cater for the mass innovation needs thanks to its open source approach, further […]

Microsoft and Red Hat announce a Partnership

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC |

Redmond giant Microsoft and Red Hat, the Linux vendor are now partners. The companies recently revealed their partnership via official blog posts. The sole aim of this partnership according to the companies is to help users deploying the Red Hat […]

AV-TEST tests Linux security solutions against Linux and Windows threats

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

The recent tests on Linux security solutions by AV-Test Lab indicate a worrisome situation – Linux systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks. Yes, Linux machines are no more completely secure. The test results show that Linux systems can act as […]

Microsoft offering limited support for Azure where Linux is concerned

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Linux on Azure is a thing, but Microsoft will only provide limited support. It means that if you’re not very knowledgeable about troubleshooting Linux for Azure, then don’t go to Microsoft for help with your problems. We’re not exactly certain […]

Microsoft and Docker unite Linux and Windows in the cloud

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN |

Microsoft has made it clear over the past decade that it is a big supporter of Linux, and today the company made that claim even more precise. At DockerCon 2015, Microsoft announced that it will support Docker by integrating the […]

Microsoft announces Free Visual Studio Code for Linux, OSX and Windows

By ChethanThimmappa@TWCN |

Microsoft announced a new cross-platform code editor called Visual Studio Code in the BUILD 2015 conference. Visual Studio Code is a first of its kind, lightweight cross-platform code editor for writing modern web and cloud applications that runs on OS […]

Kernel vulnerability in Linux discovered

By HemantSaxena@TWCN |

All Linux loyalists have a firm belief that it is one of the most secure systems around. However, the lack of security advisories for the OS has been the subject of intense criticism for many in security circles recently. Some […]

Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot System released

By VasudevG@TWC |

UEFI Secure Boot System has now been released. This was released to Linux Foundation by Microsoft. This release will allow Linux to work on computers running UEFI firmware. “The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines a […]

Linux Academy to offer free lessons

By RogerDunning@TWCN |

People who love programming and Linux have high regards for Linux Academy. The academy not only helps web developers polish their Linux skills anytime they want but also get valuable help needed for Linux study. It also offers hands on […]

Free Software Foundation says Ubuntu acting as Spyware

By RogerDunning@TWCN |

Richard Stallman President and Founder of The Free Software Foundation has claimed that Ubuntu is tracking its users and selling its data. Specifically he called Ubuntu Linux a spyware because it collected data about users searches and sent it to […]

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Linux Foundation websites hacked

By AnandKhanse@TWC |

The LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com and Kernel.org websites have been taken offline. The reason? They appear to have been hacked! While how this has exactly happened has not been explained, it does appear that kernel.org was compromised which gave the hackers root […]