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While I share your annoyance at needing dotnet on my system, since I don't use it, dotnet has been cross platform for quite some time. You don't need a Windows

While I share your annoyance at needing dotnet on my system, since I don't use it, dotnet has been cross platform for quite some time. You don't need a Windows box to run this code.

jmclnx 4y ago
I am on a system that does not support NET at all, so right now I am SOL :)
- Krutonium 4y ago
  Are you on BSD?
  - crazysim 4y ago
    Even BSD has a Linux compat layer right?
    - TylerE 4y ago
      Yes.
    - jmclnx 4y ago
      Not OpenBSD :) https://www.infoworld.com/article/3099038/openbsd-60-tightens-security-by-losing-linux-compatibility.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3099038/openbsd-60-tighten...
      - crazysim 4y ago
        Hah, I see. Yeah, that would do it.
TylerE 4y ago
Actually, you probably do since it has imports from Microsoft.Win32
- debugnik 4y ago
  Only for SafeFileHandle, which is actually portable and usable for random-access IO since .NET 6. The namespace is historical.