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Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

#11

Post by u04f061 » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:12 PM UTC

Dear Microsoft,

      Please stay away from Linux. It is windows which converted me to Linux.

Sincerely, A happy Linux User.

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

#12

Post by igravious » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:13 PM UTC

bigdubs wrote: post #5

how long until i can `brew install dotnet`?

Wow yes, apt-get install dotnet anyone?

Should Microsoft provide a few common platform install methods?

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by Errorcod3 » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:14 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #9

Does it include the source? And how liberal is the license?

The code that will allow the software to run on Linux and Mac OS has not yet been built. “It will be a few months before you can get your hand on this." -Somasegar

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by vezzy-fnord » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:15 PM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #10

For a moment I thought Microsoft is releasing a Linux distro with .NET sdk pre-installed. It would've been great if the author knew what 'distribution' means in this context.

It would've been great if the author knew what 'distribution' means in this context.

"Distribution" is hardly specific to Linux distributions in technical circles. I don't know how you got that impression. The term is synonymous with software bundle, e.g. "Erlang/OTP distribution".

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by scott00 » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:15 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #9

Does it include the source? And how liberal is the license?

https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr

MIT license

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by igravious » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:15 PM UTC

aroman wrote: post #6

Am I the only one bothered that they didn't include the space between the "OS" and the "X"? More importantly, this is huge, but as a Linux developer/user I still have no desire to use .NET on my platform. Maybe Mono has scarred my permanently.

Nothing wrong with Microsoft bringing OSX and Linux to parity with Windows. In fact, there's a lot right with it. I like this new Microsoft, and I've been using Linux for years. Keep up the good work Redmond!

Excited to see that interesting tech like C#, F#, CLR, LINQ and friends is heading our way. If anything it'll give Java a run for its money and that's no bad thing.

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by jcoffland » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

Never thought I'd say this but go Microsoft!

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by sergiotapia » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

scott00 wrote: post #15

amelius wrote: post #9

Does it include the source? And how liberal is the license?

https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr MIT license

Checkmate Stallman.

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by kin » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:16 PM UTC

u04f061 wrote: post #11

Dear Microsoft, Please stay away from Linux. It is windows which converted me to Linux. Sincerely, A happy Linux User.

Windows and .NET are different things. I'm fairly confident being able to run .NET on unix machines won't affect you very much so you can stay a happy Linux User. Also, times are changing man, for the better. Embrace it.

Re: Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac

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Post by farresito » Wed, Apr 29, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

emilsedgh wrote: post #10

For a moment I thought Microsoft is releasing a Linux distro with .NET sdk pre-installed. It would've been great if the author knew what 'distribution' means in this context.

Distribution in this context means a million things. The author used the right word.