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> We no longer build or package reference assemblies for the .NET 2.0, .NET 3.5 or .NET 4.0 APIs. We only support now the .NET 4.5 assemblies as well as the mobile-based profiles.

Does that go for the runtime as well? Does this mean I can no longer run a (compiled) .NET 2.0 application on Linux?

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No, it should run on the 4.5 profile just fine as backwards compatibility in the .NET APIs is very good.

Please note that this is still a draft and the .NET 2.0/3.5 assemblies will likely reappear as reference assemblies (i.e. containing only method signatures in IL, so you can build against those profiles but not run on them).

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