Well F# from the very beginning has always had a bit of a rebellious nature seeing as it was brining ML style programming to the traditional OO platform of Microsoft&#x27;s .NET. Because of that, many F# people do not use Windows and F# is very much built to be as independent from Microsoft as possible. See here for various ways to use it on linux:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fsharp.org&#x2F;use&#x2F;linux&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fsharp.org&#x2F;use&#x2F;linux&#x2F;</a>