XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:43:21 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
      
   > This one is supposed to make it easier for developers to “streamline the   
   > complexities of Windows development”, according to Microsoft. What?? You   
   > mean, after all these years, you’re admitting that it’s not easy to   
   > develop for Windows just using point-and-click?? And here I thought   
   > Visual Studio could do it all! Say it isn’t so!!   
      
   If you weren't such a one sided troll you would realize that the dotnet   
   cli has been fully functional for a long time.   
      
   $ dotnet --info   
   .NET SDK:   
    Version:           10.0.100   
    Commit:            b0f34d51fc   
    Workload version:  10.0.100-manifests.4eab3e0f   
    MSBuild version:   18.0.2+b0f34d51f   
      
   Runtime Environment:   
    OS Name:     ubuntu   
    OS Version:  25.10   
    OS Platform: Linux   
    RID:         ubuntu.25.10-x64   
    Base Path:   /usr/lib/dotnet/sdk/10.0.100/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)