Category Archives: Linux

Azure Cross platform Command Line Tools on Mac OSX

Posted on February 9, 2014 by admin

Windows Azure cross platform command line tools are a great way to manage your Azure infrastructure. These tools were developed in Node.JS. These tools can be used on Windows, MAC and Linux. However primary audience for these is MAC and … Continue reading →

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Installing Gnome desktop on CentOS running in Windows Azure VM

Posted on January 12, 2014 by admin

I recently tried to setup Gnome Desktop on CentOS 6.3 running in a Windows Azure virtual machine. It turned out to be a bit harder than expected so I thought I will document this for other who may attempt to … Continue reading →

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Running Custom SuseServer Linux In Windows Azure

Posted on July 13, 2012 by admin

Windows Azure Image Library provides Suse Linux image but it has very basic packages installed on it. If you want to build a customer Suse Image you can use free SuseStudio tool. This blog post describes how to build a … Continue reading →

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Linux on Windows Azure Virtual Machine

Posted on July 13, 2012 by admin

Since Microsoft released Windows Azure Virtual Machines feature in June 2012 we have an ability to run Linux in Windows Azure VM’s. We have partnered with a few Linux distribution owners to provide supported version of Linux. These Linux distributions … Continue reading →

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