Avalonia is a WPF-inspired cross-platform XAML-based UI framework providing a flexible styling system and supporting a wide range of OSs: Windows (.NET Framework, .NET Core), Linux (GTK), MacOS, Android and iOS. 

[CLI] Build-time performance improvements.
[CLI] Global tools; replaces .NET CLI Tools (DotNetCliToolReference).
[CoreCLR] Minor-version roll-forward.
[CoreCLR] No-copy array slicing with Span<T>.
[CoreFX] HttpClient performance improvements.
[CoreFX] Windows Compatibility Pack.
[ASP.NET] SignalR is available for .NET Core.
[ASP.NET] HTTPS is on by default for ASP.NET.
[EF] Basic lazy loading support.
[EF] Support for Azure Cosmos DB.

You can learn how the .NET ecosystem works on Stackify. It consists of runtimes (.NET Framework, .NET Core and Mono for Xamarin), class libraries, and a common infrastructure (runtime tools and languages).  

Stacktrace improvements in .NET Core 2.1 

One of the main reasons for using .NET Core is that you can run it on multiple platforms and architectures. So you can build an app that will run on Windows, but also on Linux, macOS and on different architectures like x86 and ARM. This is perfect for lots of scenarios, including desktop applications. 

.NET Core 2.0, Angular 4 and MySQL. Part 1 

.NET Core 1.1.6 is comprised of:

• .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6
• .NET Core SDK 1.1.7

.NET Core 2.0.5 comprises:

• .NET Core Runtime 2.0.5
• .NET Core SDK 2.1.4