Yesterday, packages.microsoft.com—the repository from which Microsoft serves software installers for Linux distributions including CentOS, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and more—went down hard, and it ...

Microsoft is discontinuing support for the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols on its Linux Software Repository starting with September 24, 2020. TLS is a secure protocol used for encrypting the ...

This week, Microsoft's Linux package repositories suffered an hours-long outage, followed by performance issues spanning over a day. Users relying on the packages.microsoft.com repository to pull ...

Linux loyalists had a nasty surprise waiting for them on June 16. packages.microsoft.com died for the bulk of the day. Even when it returned, users reported painfully slow downloads. Though a day ...

Think of Microsoft and Linux, and you’re likely to think about its work building an optimized Linux kernel for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Pushed out through Windows update, Microsoft ...

Microsoft is offering Edge browser preview builds for Linux, thus making the browser available for all five major desktop and mobile platforms including Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Microsoft on ...