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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. To all the developers out there... by bw_bur · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I don't really understand what Mono is. From the Mono site:
    Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix.
    What's a .NET client/server application? Is .NET something like Java? I would be grateful if someone could enlighten me...
  2. who owns the fedora domains trademarks etc by petermgreen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    e.g. could redhat say fuck you to the comunity and take over the process of finalising the official relase.

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    note: i'm known as plugwash most places but i screwd up registering that here somehow in the past and now can't register