If you can run SQL Server on Linux, well, that's one less reason to ... right down to the level of database file compatibility. This would be very difficult to do if the software were forked ...

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server isn't yet supported to run the SQL Server 2022 preview, but it'll happen with "a later release." The SQL Server 2022 public preview may be able to run on other Linux ...

For users, though, what’s maybe most important is that they will soon be able to run SQL Server on Linux and in Linux-based Docker containers, giving them more choice in how they want to deploy ...