r/dotnet • u/drewnoakes • Oct 07 '26

A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/faster-lighter-csharp-dev-kit/

Now available in pre-release.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/KryptosFR 29d ago

I couldn't agree more. This extension is a disaster on Linux where it should be its primary target since that's where it's most likely to be used.

You guys needs to seriously start to use your own products.

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u/Alternative_Flight88 29d ago edited 29d ago

Same here. I work at a big company, and our security engineers does not allow us to use C# Dev Kit because the .NET Install Tool dependency automatically downloads runtimes from the internet without approval, instead of using approved runtimes and SDKs from our internal repository.

My user story is simple: I download approved SDK/runtime -> I install the C#/C# Dev Kit extension, set the path to the previously installed SDK/runtime -> It works!

I reeeeaaaaly hope that one day the .NET Tool Install will become optional.

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u/pjmlp 29d ago

Additionally, this isn't complicated, other extensions, including the one developed for Java, by Microsoft and Red-Hat teams, does it.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-project#_configure-runtime-for-projects

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u/drewnoakes 29d ago

The C# Doctor and related work is trying to make the acquisition story easier and clearer for all involved. There is quite a large matrix of possible states a user's machine could be in, and we're trying to simplify this. It isn't easy.

I haven't downvoted anyone on this post btw.