While there aren't any distro packages built for Linux yet, there is a working build for Linux.
I haven't looked into what all does or doesn't support, but the initial support is there. On Feb 9, 2015 5:27 PM, "Csaba Toth" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to clarify things. As far as I know, Linux at this point won't run > *full* .NET natively still (I'll try to clarify what I mean later). > Mono is the project which does that at this point still. The fact that the > .NET Core and other core components of the .NET eco-system (most recently > the .NET CLR) went open-source on GitHub, just gives the _possibility_ of a > full fledged or much better Linux integration. You won't find .NET native > Linux packages for your favorite distro right now. That's when I think it > can be said that it's fully cross platform (hence, that would be my > clarification). Like you can install a Java JDK today. > > It'll certainly help a lot to the Mono project. I'm curious what other > project will benefit. > I'm a little skeptic about various big companies who want to support > Linux. Maybe one day Microsoft will be the savior of Linux? > A couple of years ago it was very promising how Valve got behind Linux for > example, I hoped more results than what we could finally see (although I > believe they spent a lot of effort!). It looks like Linux still needs some > more support to reach a critical mass. Companies are reluctant, and > sometimes backing out. > > Microsoft also has many Open Source Software Labs across the globe. > > Microsoft's Linux support in Azure is another topic and more or less > independent of the recent .NET "open sourcing". Azure rather started as a > PaaS (from top) and moved to IaaS from there. I remember back around 2012 I > already did a test with an Azure VM hosting Tomcat and J2EE app. As an IaaS > provider they have to pick up Linux. > The latest trends are the container formats (like Docker). Microsoft has a > very good effort to make sure that .NET based solutions will function and > integrate well into various containers. That doesn't necessarily require > .NET to be open source, but it can help the cause. > > Also, if we stay on Windows and look at IIS, the recent generations of > ASP.NET platform also moving towards being platform independent. > > I don't want to promote anything here. But I'm just as familiar with the > Microsoft eco-system as the Linux or Java one, and I'd like to let you know > my view of the topic. > > Thanks, > Csaba > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Allen Minix <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Knew about Azure... didn't realize that .net would run natively on Linux >> now. >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Tim O'Guin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, they do. >>> >>> https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr >>> >>> Azure has also supported Linux servers for a while now. >>> >>> On Mon Feb 09 2015 at 10:59:05 AM Allen Minix <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> They have .net for Linux now? 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