Microsoft Corp. has added support for yet another Linux platform on its Azure cloud: Clear Linux, an open-source operating system tuned specifically for hardware running Intel Corp.’s processors.

Microsoft is adding support for yet another Linux distribution on Azure. On January 18, Microsoft announced Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture is available in the Azure Marketplace. Clear Linux OS ...

Intel’s Clear Linux distribution has been getting a lot of attention lately, due to its incongruously high benchmark performance. Although the distribution was created and is managed by Intel, even ...