Category: Microsoft

A bit of wider industry news today. News which completely blows my mind - Microsoft are out to acquire Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft aren't a company we exactly cover often but it seems fitting to cover it here, especially given their history with Linux. Today they're properly releasing Edge for Linux.

We now have yet another serious entry into cloud gaming / game streaming with Microsoft formally launching Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) for everyone with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and it works out of the box on Linux.

Do you use Discord? Well if these reports are to be trusted, it looks like they might get a new owner under Microsoft.

The day has come, Microsoft have officially made their own web browser available on Linux in preview. Microsoft Edge on Linux, what a time to be alive. Also, something about a calculator? Yes.

That's right, no need to wipe your glasses as that's a real headline here. Microsoft are bringing their Microsoft Edge browser to Linux in October.

It feels like FOSS is on a roll lately, with more and more great open source applications seeing funding from big names. Blender is back in the spotlight again, with backing from Microsoft.

During the Microsoft Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft has raised a number of eyebrows at their Linux plans.

During a recent online event the current Microsoft President, Brad Smith, opened up a little bit about open source and their previous failures with it.

Available in public preview, Microsoft just added Linux support for their unified communication and collaboration platform Microsoft Teams.

News just coming out of E3, Double Fine Productions founded by Tim Schafer has been acquired by Microsoft. Specifically, they're now part of Xbox Game Studios.

Some rather interesting news here, both Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment have now officially joined Microsoft.

In a move that's going to raise a lot of eyebrows, Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network to 'protect Linux and other important open source workloads from patent assertions'.