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Mono-develop on the EEEPC 900

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Mono, like many of you certainly know, is the Open source development framework compatible with Microsoft’s .NET. I usually work with Java and know almost nothing about .NET or Mono, I so decided to install Mono and it’s integrated development environment Mono-develop on the EEEPC to give it a look.

 

Why mono?

 

Is not a secret that the use of Mono is widely criticized in some Linux environments mainly because the risk of having to deal with Microsoft’s software patents … Software patents risk mustn’t be underestimated but, on the other hand, I think that a programmer shouldn’t ignore a widely used framework like .NET and Mono is a cheap way to learn about it.

 

Installation and first project

 

Installing Mono is a quite trivial task: just matter of looking for it in the Ubuntu software centre. To develop applications with graphic user interface GTK# libraries must be also be installed.

 
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