KDE Adopting Mono

leandrod writes "The Register reports that members of KDE are committing to use and support mono, Ximian's independent .Net implementation. Not only does this provide KDE with some of the multilingual programmability it initially forfeited by its use of Qt, it also spells well for cross-desktop application and even KDE-Gnome desktop integration, because mono is developed by Gnome's most prominent ISV, Ximian, and is intended for Gnome integration." Update: 09/12 14:22 GMT by T : Actually, the Register story overstates things a bit, it seems. According to KDE developer Hetz Ben Hamo (heunique), "Yes, you can use QT# to write QT/KDE apps, but it doesn't mean that KDE will support mono. you can use kernel 2.4, but you can use any linux kernel or any other unix based OS." See also this comment from David Faure for more insight.

Comments

Great

[doc_traig]

Once KDE has mono (and it will for months), it will become sluggish, weak, and completely addicted to bad daytime television. I advise staying away for a while, and don't share any of its apps.

- DDT

irony

[sprytel]

anyone else find it ironic that its microsoft technology that may finally enable integration between kde & gnome?

that bill gates... he's all about love, unity, and linux... ;-)

Re:KDE-Gnome desktop integration

[Space Coyote]

When you're happy that cut and paste actually works I think it's a sign you've been using X-Windows for too long.

Well, yeah

[wiredog]

but what's the alternative? Windows XP?

WoooHooo! COBOL!!!!

[BigBadBri]

It seems that COBOL will be supported.

My elderly relatives will be pleased - now they can be part of Open Source, too.

Come to think of it, if something's written in COBOL, it may as well be closed source ;).