1800Linux.net http://1800linux.net The LINUX Information Source - | NEWS | PRODUCTS | COMPANIES | Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Microsoft updates Linux virtual machine support http://1800linux.net/microsoft-updates-linux-virtual-machine-support http://1800linux.net/microsoft-updates-linux-virtual-machine-support#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:31:05 +0000 admin http://1800linux.net/microsoft-updates-linux-virtual-machine-support Microsoft has updated Linux support in its Hyper-V virtualisation softwarefor Windows Server 2008 R2.
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