.NET Core 1.1.0 Preview 1 and SDK 1.0.0 Preview2.1 are available for download and testing. Have a look at the Announcement blog post for details and other good context for the release.
Have a look at .NET Core 1.1.0 Preview 1 Known Issues document as there are a few things to be aware of before installing.
Support has been added for the distros highlighted below.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
- CentOS 7.1+
- Debian 8.2+
- Fedora 23, (Support for Fedora 24 coming in the final release)
- Linux Mint 17.1, 18
- OpenSUSE 13.2, 42.1
- Oracle Linux 7.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 & 16.04
- Mac OS X 10.11, 10.12
- Windows 7+ / Server 2012 R2+
- Windows Nano Server TP5
- Windows Server 2016
Changes to the .NET Core API surface are can be seen in the 1.0-1.1-api-diff
- Please see the WCF release page for details on fixes from the WCF team.
- Please see the ASP.NET Core release page for details on fixes from ASP.NET Core, MVC, Entity Framework Core and others.
The list of contributors can be found in the 1.1.0 Preview 1 Contributor List