Good to know. I haven't had time to look into it. Not a surprise that they are progressing with it.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Tim O'Guin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? Who knew! >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Bill Zack <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Azure & the Developer - How Azure and Microsoft's Cloud Strategy >>>>>> affects the typical .NET application developer >>>>>> >>>>>> This will be an informal panel discussion. 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