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Fedora Core 5 includes Mono

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fedora-core-six-will-be-in-stereo dept.

cyberjessy writes "Surprise! The Fedora Core 5 Release will include Mono in the distribution, in spite of Red Hat's opposition. In addition to the Mono runtime, it will also include Mono applications like Beagle and F-Spot. Is the Linux community finally ready to accept Mono? Mono is becoming increasing important due to Windows Vista, which has WinFX (the next .Net Framework) as its core API. This will mean that in future, all native Windows applications will easily run on Linux, with Mono. Will Mono achieve what WINE could not?"

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  1. Aha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So Fedora Core 5 will be shipping with a virus!

    1. Re:Aha! by QuantaStarFire · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's the kissing disease, you know. Our little OS is growing up! :)

  2. Heh. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    First time the "Kissing Disease" has ever been accessable to geeks.

    One the one hand, I'm all in favor of open source alternatives, and it adds a lot to linux to be able to run .Net apps, but I can't help but think we'd be better off with another language. .Net is so freaking encumbered.

    Still, it'd be nice to be able to host .Net apps on Linux servers...

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  3. er, no by Doktor+Memory · · Score: 2, Funny

    This will mean that in future, all native Windows applications will easily run on Linux, with Mono.

    If by "the future" you mean "never", then this is correct. Otherwise, this is balderdash.

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  4. What I want to know is ..... by ajs318 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..... why wasn't the Open Source clone of the "C#" programming language called "Db" ?

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  5. Re:Unless you use python by dattaway · · Score: 1, Funny

    I remember when I could run Gentoo happily on my P120 with 32MB of RAM. Not any more! Its now so slow on my 3GHz system and I'm looking for a faster source based distribution. I hate to say it, but FreeBSD is starting to look good.

  6. Re:Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, but if you RTFA, it becomes evident that, while the reviewer clearly thought that Fedora Core 5 was shipping with Mono, it turns out it was just really bored.

  7. Re:Simple question -- simple answer. by carlislematthew · · Score: 2, Funny
    Linux enthusiasts don't care much for standards

    Wrong. Linux enthusiasts LOVE standards - lots and lots of them! And if (when) they don't find a standard that fits their own requirements, they'll happily make a new one to compete, thereby adding to the glorious beauty of standards: that there are so many to choose from.