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		nashashmi 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux I'd reverse the question and ask is there any reason to continue developing in .NET and windows-only languages when windows allows for WSL apps.
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timanderson 8 days ago | [–]

.NET is not a windows-only language. Actually .NET is not a language, C# is a language. I am currently working on a .NET GUI application for macOS.

encrypted_bird 8 days ago | [–]

Paint.NET has a *lot* of legacy code that cannot just be discarded. The dev said as much in their original post.

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