Recently Microsoft released the new SQL Server version, SQL 2017.
This version has a nice set of new features like support for Linux operating systems.
If you are curious, see the following link:What’s new in SQL Server 2017 | Microsoft Docs
or Bob Ward’s blog: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2017/09/27/sql-server-2017-fast-faster-and-the-fastest-database-everywhere-you-need-it/