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by MissTake 142 days ago
>I t's a bit like using c# or powershell on Linux… but I wouldn't consider it a first class citizen.

C# is very very much a first class citizen on Linux. It may not be native, but you can run binaries on Linux without needing the runtime when you compile it to target the platform.

I wrote a couple of monoservices on my Mac using c# which ran perfectly on my Microk8s cluster on Linux.
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mrsmrtss 142 days ago
I have nearly a decade of experience building .NET C# solutions on Linux and lately also on Mac, with almost everything hosted on Linux via Docker. I’m not sure what’s still missing for it to be accepted into the "first class citizen" club by the Linux elite.
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metaltyphoon 142 days ago
The goal post must be moved. I constantly hear “there is no GUI story”… well thats not a core part of the language!
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mrsmrtss 142 days ago
There actually is a great GUI story also for Linux today enabled by the excellent Avalonia (https://avaloniaui.net).
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