Microsoft’s in-house Linux distribution used for a variety of purposes had been known as CBL-Mariner for “Common Base Linux” while now it appears to be in the process of transitioning to Azure Linux.
Not to be confused with Microsoft’s Azure Sphere Linux-based OS as a platform for IoT/microcontroller use, Azure Linux is evolving out of CBL-Mariner.
With releasing today CBL-Mariner 2.0.20240301, it’s now redirecting to the project Microsoft/AzureLinux on GitHub.
The CBL-Mariner repository has been renamed to “AzureLinux” and other references to CBL-Mariner have been transitioned to Azure Linux branding as well while some CBL-Mariner marks remain.
Within the new v2.0.20240301 release are also some source updates beginning to rename artifacts such as going from “MARINER_VERSION” to “AZL_VERSION” for Azure Linux.
It will be interesting to find out the motivation for this apparent re-branding / evolution of CBL-Mariner now to Azure Linux and if Microsoft will be better positioning their in-house Linux platform publicly or what other changes may be coming down the pipe for Azure Linux.
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I considered opening an issue, having assumed that this was a bug and in such cases the bot might as well not comment at all, but apparently part of its intended purpose is saving people from having to open articles.
You should despise it (though I won’t judge you if you don’t). It makes people reliant on the bot rather than reading the fucking article. The only time a bot like this is useful is if the article is paywalled. The bot will miss pieces of the article that matter to the context of the whole situation, up to and including details like “Who” wrote the fucking thing… or “when” it was published. That context data matters a lot.
Discussions are better when those who intend to participate read the content first. Realistically, though, we know many read the headline and jump straight into comments. I think that’s a culture issue, and that’s difficult to fix.
The bot can alleviate its impact by giving these people more context. Without changing culture, however, removing the bot from these discussions could ironically make them worse. At least, that’s how I see it.
I don’t really like it, but I believe it helps.
What actually confused me, though, is that if you lump in some privacy/accessibility/convenience concerns, I could kinda see the point of a “Saved 0%” tldr.
But, on a phoronix article? They’re one of the few tech journalism websites I still trust and am grateful for, that I turn uBlock off for. It’s like I’m missing some context, I need more info.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Microsoft’s in-house Linux distribution used for a variety of purposes had been known as CBL-Mariner for “Common Base Linux” while now it appears to be in the process of transitioning to Azure Linux.
Not to be confused with Microsoft’s Azure Sphere Linux-based OS as a platform for IoT/microcontroller use, Azure Linux is evolving out of CBL-Mariner.
With releasing today CBL-Mariner 2.0.20240301, it’s now redirecting to the project Microsoft/AzureLinux on GitHub.
The CBL-Mariner repository has been renamed to “AzureLinux” and other references to CBL-Mariner have been transitioned to Azure Linux branding as well while some CBL-Mariner marks remain.
Within the new v2.0.20240301 release are also some source updates beginning to rename artifacts such as going from “MARINER_VERSION” to “AZL_VERSION” for Azure Linux.
It will be interesting to find out the motivation for this apparent re-branding / evolution of CBL-Mariner now to Azure Linux and if Microsoft will be better positioning their in-house Linux platform publicly or what other changes may be coming down the pipe for Azure Linux.
The original article contains 167 words, the summary contains 167 words. Saved 0%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Yeah, that’s funny.
I considered opening an issue, having assumed that this was a bug and in such cases the bot might as well not comment at all, but apparently part of its intended purpose is saving people from having to open articles.
Not sure how I feel about that, to be honest.
You should despise it (though I won’t judge you if you don’t). It makes people reliant on the bot rather than reading the fucking article. The only time a bot like this is useful is if the article is paywalled. The bot will miss pieces of the article that matter to the context of the whole situation, up to and including details like “Who” wrote the fucking thing… or “when” it was published. That context data matters a lot.
Generally, I agree, but there’s some nuance.
Discussions are better when those who intend to participate read the content first. Realistically, though, we know many read the headline and jump straight into comments. I think that’s a culture issue, and that’s difficult to fix.
The bot can alleviate its impact by giving these people more context. Without changing culture, however, removing the bot from these discussions could ironically make them worse. At least, that’s how I see it.
I don’t really like it, but I believe it helps.
What actually confused me, though, is that if you lump in some privacy/accessibility/convenience concerns, I could kinda see the point of a “Saved 0%” tldr.
But, on a phoronix article? They’re one of the few tech journalism websites I still trust and am grateful for, that I turn uBlock off for. It’s like I’m missing some context, I need more info.
Means the article is compact. Atleast thats what i like to belive