Avalonia is not made by Microsoft and is often considered as one of the best way to make desktop app with .NET.
replyI can understand the confusion, Microsoft also has a framework called MAUI.
replyThe MAUI they are talking about is the Microsoft framework you are referencing.
replyMAUI is Open Source but Microsoft does not provide a Linux back-end. This is a non-Microsoft effort to bring Linux support to MAUI.
The Microsoft MAUI framework is the one being brought to Linux by Avalonia, yes.
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