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.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

August 16, 2022 Aug 16, 2022 08/16/22
Richard Lander
.NET 6 is now included in Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) and can be installed with just apt install dotnet6. This change is a major improvement and simplification for Ubuntu users. We're also releasing .NET with Chiseled Ubuntu Containers, a new small and secure container offering from Canonical. These improvements are the result of a new partnership between Canonical and Microsoft.

Bringing .NET application performance analysis to Linux

October 24, 2018 Oct 24, 2018 10/24/18
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Both the Windows and Linux ecosystems have a swath of battle-hardened performance analysis and investigation tools. But up until recently, developers and platform engineers could use none of these tools with .NET applications on Linux. Getting them to work with .NET involved collaboration across many open source communities. The .NET team ...

The week in .NET – .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, EF Core 1.1 – Docker – Xenko

November 22, 2016 Nov 22, 2016 11/22/16
Bertrand Le Roy
To read last week's post, see The week in .NET – Mitch Muenster – Stateless. .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, EF Core 1.1, VS for Mac Preview, VS 2017 RC, SQL Server on Linux, Tizen, Google joins .NET Foundation, and Microsoft becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member This week, at the Connect(); // 2016 event, we made a number of announcements...

PowerShell is now open-source, and cross-platform

August 18, 2016 Aug 18, 2016 08/18/16
Bertrand Le Roy
The PowerShell team made a few announcements today: it's going open-source, and it's now available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This is excellent news in itself, but the .NET team wanted to take the time to analyze what this means for .NET developers. First, the availability of PowerShell on Linux and macOS, while it doesn't aim at replacing ...