What does it mean that ".NET runtimes on Linux are rare" ? They exist, they're easy to install (1), but more importantly for containerized environments, you ca

What does it mean that ".NET runtimes on Linux are rare" ? They exist, they're easy to install (1), but more importantly for containerized environments, you can start with a standard image e.g. https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet-aspnet https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-dotnet-aspnet Having the .NET runtime on the target machine isn't one of the pain points in a production deploy. As others have pointed out, having AOT compilation, with its faster start-up time, along with smaller binaries is aimed at a different perceived pain point: the cold-start performance of lightweight function apps / AWS lambda. 1) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux#packages https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux#...