Visual Studio 2019 Download Linux _top_

– Not officially supported, generally unreliable for full IDE.

| Need | Solution | | :--- | :--- | | | Download Visual Studio Code. It is the standard for Linux dev. | | "I need .NET Core / Modern C#." | Download VS Code + .NET SDK. It works perfectly natively. | | "I need the VS 2019 IDE specifically." | Download VirtualBox and run a Windows VM. There is no native port. | | "I need legacy .NET Framework." | You must use a Windows VM or dual-boot. |

If you are looking for a Microsoft-branded coding environment that runs natively on Linux, Visual Studio Code is the intended solution.

The confusion usually stems from Microsoft’s branding strategy. There are two products with strikingly similar names: