Linux - How to install MS SQL and .NET on several Linux distributions

Microsoft released SQL version that can be installed on Linux environment.

Here they are more details with step by step installation guides

Microsoft started with .NET and now SQL, I guess their mantra now is “if you can’t beat them, join them..."

About .NET on linux you can quickly review this base Microsoft article:

https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxredhat

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/publishing/linuxproduction

indeed about SQL on Linux:

CTP 1.4 (March 2017)

Supported platforms

PlatformFile SystemInstallation Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Workstation, Server, and DesktopXFS or EXT4Installation guide
SUSE Enterprise Linux Server v12 SP2EXT4Installation guide
Ubuntu 16.04LTS and 16.10EXT4Installation guide
Docker Engine 1.8+ on Windows, Mac, or LinuxN/AInstallation guide

More information can be found here:

SQL Server on Linux Documentation