Microsoft and Linux continue to live their love life, which is confirmed by the announcement of SUSE that it has developed a custom Linux kernel specifically for Microsoft Azure.
The kernel reportedly improves the boot speed of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server & Hosting (SLES) 15 in Azure platform parameters.
The new kernel also allows those running SLES on Azure to use the latest platform technology, such as Accelerated Networking with SR-IOV and Write Accelerator.
"Έχουμε συνεργαστεί στενά με την SUSE για να εξασφαλίσουμε στους πελάτες μας που χρησιμοποιούν το SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ότι θα έχουν την καλύτερη εμπειρία με το Microsoft Azure", δήλωσε ο Ky Srinivasan, Γενικός διευθυντής του τμήματος ανοιχτού κώδικα επιχειρήσεων στη Microsoft.
SUSE, on the other hand, states that if you run it SLES 15 in Azure there will be up to 25 percent faster network performance, and a 23 percent reduction in average latency compared to older versions.
From beforechoice, SLES 15 instances in Azure will only run with the custom kernel, but any administrator who wishes can switch kernels using the Zypper package manager.
Let's mention that Microsoft supports many to date distributions Linux on Azure: CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, Oracle Linux, RHEL, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), openSUSE and Ubuntu.
Today's relationship between Microsoft and Linux has nothing to do with that of 2001, when then-CEO Steve Ballmer declared that Linux was a "cancer."
Με την σημερινό Διευθύνων Σύμβουλο της εταιρείας Satya Nadella έχουμε γίνει μάρτυρες ενός έρωτα μεγάλου... που κανείς δεν γνωρίζει μέχρι που θα φτάσει: Microsoft loves Linux από το 2014.
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