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Microsoft Releases Last Azure Linux 3.0 Update Of 2025


y released Azure Linux 3.0.20251206 as the newest monthly update to its in-house Linux distribution used within the Azure cloud and elsewhere at the Windows company. Azure Linux 3.0.20251206 adds the DM-CACHE module to its kernel for allowing better performance out of block devices, enables additional kernel build options like SCHED_core, and continues expanding its AArch64 support with enabling more packages like Kata Containers there.

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