Makes sense. Mono was necessary in the "old .NET" world, where runtimes were tied to Windows versions and the framework was a pure Windows framework. Mono made it possible to run old dotNET framework versions (up to 4.8) on other OSes.
Since dotNET Core and then dotNET 5 and higher, the framework itself is cross-platform so Mono is not necessary anymore, except for backwards compatibility for apps that use a now unsupported framework.
So it makes sense that Microsoft, after dropping the old dotNET Framework versions, also wants to stop supporting the cross-platform library that was only needed for those old versions.
what do you mean modding was only possible on windows? I assume that you don't mean the skyrim approach of just downloading and unpacking, which has always worked under linux too. As do tools like mod organizer.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 6 pts · 1y
I've been trying to believe there's something nefarious at work
monolalia@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
I guess they just don’t want to bother with it any more?
F04118F@feddit.nl · 13 pts · 1y
Makes sense. Mono was necessary in the "old .NET" world, where runtimes were tied to Windows versions and the framework was a pure Windows framework. Mono made it possible to run old dotNET framework versions (up to 4.8) on other OSes.
Since dotNET Core and then dotNET 5 and higher, the framework itself is cross-platform so Mono is not necessary anymore, except for backwards compatibility for apps that use a now unsupported framework.
So it makes sense that Microsoft, after dropping the old dotNET Framework versions, also wants to stop supporting the cross-platform library that was only needed for those old versions.
teletext@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
what do you mean modding was only possible on windows? I assume that you don't mean the skyrim approach of just downloading and unpacking, which has always worked under linux too. As do tools like mod organizer.
teletext@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
i see
30p87@feddit.org · -15 pts · 1y
Creators of cheap Java copy throw away one of the most important aspects of Java and its copy.
Dremor@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Having worked on both Java (as a student), then .NET, the later has a lot of features Java didn't have.
Ironically, as Wine (and Proton) uses Mono, MS contribution (among a lot of other projects) may have enabled Valve to make Proton what it is today.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah but Java sucks! Case in point, look at the performance of Minecraft!
Gottem.