
STS releases get free support and patches for 18 months. LTS releases get free support and patches for 3 years. The only difference is the length of support. There are two types of supported releases, Long Term Support (LTS) releases or Standard Term Support (STS). For more information, see How to check that. Use the dotnet -list-sdks and dotnet -list-runtimes commands to see which versions are installed.

If you're installing the Runtime, we suggest you install the ASP.NET Core Runtime as it includes both.

Or, if you only need to run apps, install the Runtime.

Install the SDK (which includes the runtime) if you want to develop. For a list of distributions that support the built-in package manager, see Install. NET Runtime on Linux by using the install script or by extracting the binaries. This article demonstrates how to install the.
