Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner July 16, 2021 https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hi-to-microsofts-own-linux-cbl-mariner/ GitHub: CBL-Mariner CBL-Mariner's GitHub security features list
If any one had told you a decade ago, Microsoft would launch its own Linux distro, it would have been dismissed as mad. Here we are.
It’s also worth noting what the major players are basing their systems on or parts thereof. Google chose Gentoo as the base for Chrome and despite have the whole ‘Buntu world to pick from a little known Italian distro called openmamba appears in the Microsoft credits. I’ve said many times that some of the best Linux distros are virtually unknown on the review sites and openmamba is a great example.
openmamba doesn't support Secure Boot so I was unable to try in on my multi-boot computer with Win11.
Microsoft Publishes October 2021 Update For Its Linux Distribution November 3, 2021 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Microsoft-CBL-Mariner-Oct-2021
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