Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 preview and Azure Container Linux GA at OSS Summit NA 2026 — a Fedora-based VM OS with atomic updates, AI-workload hardening, and a TCMalloc-Azure performance upgrade, alongside a sub-300MB container-only image purpose-built for AKS.
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Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux GA: Microsoft's Hardened OS for Cloud-Native and AI Workloads