.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by styx31 » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:17 PM UTC

.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04
devblogs.microsoft.com

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by mikece » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:33 PM UTC

It has been rumored for years that Microsoft might acquire Ubuntu. This is an interesting move though not proof of any such future merger. All of that said, it would be nice if Microsoft had the same level of cooperation with Fedora and another distro or two as well.

(And where the hell is support for .NET Core on FreeBSD???)

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by bob1029 » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:35 PM UTC

The .NET ecosystem is giving me a lot of confidence these days. I've been on this rollercoaster since .NET Core 2.x and don't think I will be getting off any time soon.

We recently upgraded from 3.1 to 6, which was a total non-event. The code base that was around for Core 2.x is still the same one we have today. Some substantial changes made to the web interfaces and hosting, but nothing in the business logic or data models was impacted.

We currently use Self-Contained Deployments to Windows machines, but there are only 2 minor methods stopping us from using a Linux image as well. Looking for a really good reason to make the jump, but I can't justify it to the business yet.

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by lovetocode » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:40 PM UTC

bob1029 wrote: post #3

The .NET ecosystem is giving me a lot of confidence these days. I've been on this rollercoaster since .NET Core 2.x and don't think I will be getting off any time soon. We recently upgraded from 3.1 to 6, which was a total non-event. The code base that was around for Core 2.x is still the same one we have today. Some substantial changes made to the web interfaces and hosting, but nothing in the business logic or data…

I just jumped on the .NET Core gravy train after 6+ years of Ruby on Rails development. I feel so productive and confident working with .NET. Ill be riding this rollercoaster with you for a while!

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by Bilal_io » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:42 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #2

It has been rumored for years that Microsoft might acquire Ubuntu. This is an interesting move though not proof of any such future merger. All of that said, it would be nice if Microsoft had the same level of cooperation with Fedora and another distro or two as well. (And where the hell is support for .NET Core on FreeBSD???)

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Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by runfaster2000 » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:43 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #2

It has been rumored for years that Microsoft might acquire Ubuntu. This is an interesting move though not proof of any such future merger. All of that said, it would be nice if Microsoft had the same level of cooperation with Fedora and another distro or two as well. (And where the hell is support for .NET Core on FreeBSD???)

Fedora and Red Hat have offered .NET packages for years. We've worked very closely with those folks and they've taught us a lot about how to work collaboratively with distro maintainers. We meet with them weekly. Notice that Fedora is mentioned in the blog post and here: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/linux#officia....

Also notice that our default build instructions are for Fedora: https://github.com/dotnet/installer#building.

I'm the post author.

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by bariskaya » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:44 PM UTC

Seems like great news but I wonder if these releases help the .NET ecosystem in a meaningful anyway. Almost all .NET developers I know still use Windows even on cloud.

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:45 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #2

It has been rumored for years that Microsoft might acquire Ubuntu. This is an interesting move though not proof of any such future merger. All of that said, it would be nice if Microsoft had the same level of cooperation with Fedora and another distro or two as well. (And where the hell is support for .NET Core on FreeBSD???)

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Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by runfaster2000 » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:45 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #2

It has been rumored for years that Microsoft might acquire Ubuntu. This is an interesting move though not proof of any such future merger. All of that said, it would be nice if Microsoft had the same level of cooperation with Fedora and another distro or two as well. (And where the hell is support for .NET Core on FreeBSD???)

Folks are working on FreeBSD support: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/71486

Re: .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

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Post by Akronymus » Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 1:45 PM UTC

lovetocode wrote: post #4

bob1029 wrote: post #3

The .NET ecosystem is giving me a lot of confidence these days. I've been on this rollercoaster since .NET Core 2.x and don't think I will be getting off any time soon. We recently upgraded from 3.1 to 6, which was a total non-event. The code base that was around for Core 2.x is still the same one we have today. Some substantial changes made to the web interfaces and hosting, but nothing in the business logic or data…

I just jumped on the .NET Core gravy train after 6+ years of Ruby on Rails development. I feel so productive and confident working with .NET. Ill be riding this rollercoaster with you for a while!

Technically it isn't .net core anymore, but just .net.

The many different versions were quite confusing. I am happy that they are now unified.