Everyone keeps talking about the ability of .NET Core to run cross-platform, even on Linux. I, therefore, decided to give it a try. I know that Linux might not interest many of you, but there is a definite sense of satisfaction of being able to use a powerful operating system such as Linux.
If you are developing .NET Core applications, I would encourage you to set up a Linux box for testing purposes. There are many ways that you can go about doing this. If you have access to Azure, you can set up a Linux VM on Azure.
You can also use virtualization software to provide a fully functional VM on your local machine. The option I chose was to use VirtualBox as well as testing out the process on Parallels. Both methods are really easy, but VirtualBox is free to use so this would be a good option. You can download the latest version of VirtualBox from https...
