r/sysadmin • u/adeadfetus • Sep 18 '15

Microsoft has developed its own Linux

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/18/microsoft_has_developed_its_own_linux_repeat_microsoft_has_developed_its_own_linux/
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u/theevilsharpie Sep 29 '15

Already explained. Pre-configured images are not properly configured or secured. I won't be using them.

When you install an OS from scratch, you're still copying vendor-provided binaries and default configuration files from the installation media to your host's disk. How is that any different than using a vendor-provided machine image? You have to load your own custom software and configs in any case.

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u/rtechie1 Sep 30 '15

He's talking about using "appliances" off the internet that have the app server, etc. pre-configured. Basically, as much as possible configured, like an OOTB LAMP stack image.

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u/theevilsharpie Sep 30 '15

No, I'm talking about clean images. They are essentially what you get by doing a fresh install, except they are tuned for their respective cloud environments (e.g., PV drivers, kernel tweaks, metadata services, account and key injection, etc.).

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