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Chapter 2. Overview

.NET Core is a general purpose, modular, cross-platform, and open source implementation of .NET that features automatic memory management and modern programming languages. It allows users to build high-quality applications efficiently. .NET Core is available on RHEL 7, RHEL 8, RHEL 9.

This release of .NET Core is a long-term supported (LTS) release. For more information, see the Life Cycle and Support Policies for the .NET Core Program.

.NET Core offers:

  • The ability to follow a microservices-based approach, where some components are built with .NET and others with Java, but all can run on a common, supported platform in RHEL.
  • The capacity to more easily develop new .NET Core workloads on Microsoft Windows. You can deploy and run on either RHEL or Windows Server.
  • A heterogeneous data center, where the underlying infrastructure is capable of running .NET applications without having to rely solely on Windows Server.
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