[TriLUG] Re: .NET development on Linux (was "SuSE")

[Bob Shepherd]

Very interesting!  Would love to hear if anyone has any experience with it.  I 
have a lot of legacy VB.NET code that would not port...but still...  Looks 
like some good reading material for tonight.

Thanks,
Bob Shepherd

On Wednesday 16 June 2004 1:00 pm, matusiak wrote:
> Now, I really, *really* don't know what I'm talking about here, so
> please take with a grain of salt (or two), but didn't Miguel de Icaza
> (formerly of Gnome Ximian fame) branch off a project called "Mono" that
> would act like a Linux dev environment for .NET?
>
> This is what I found:  http://www.go-mono.com/
>
> I am quite interested in this topic, despite my gross ignorance.  I
> hope the thread can continue for just a bit longer.  :)
>
> On Jun 16, 2004, at 11:56 AM, Bob Shepherd wrote:
> > As far as I know there is no .NET port to Linux or any non-MS OS.  I
> > merely
> > develop applications using Kate2.1 in KDE.  It has native syntax
> > highlighting
> > support for C#.  The applications themselves are implemented in Win2K
> > Server
> > + Sql7.0 + IIS5, a legacy of my workplace.  If MS were to port the ..NET
> > framework to Linux, I would be first in line to try it.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Wednesday 16 June 2004 11:23 am, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 11:20, Bob Shepherd wrote:
> >>> Please flame me if it was improper to reply to this on-list!
> >>>
> >>> Yes, I am an enthusiastic SuSE 9.0 user/convert from Win2K for my
> >>> personal workstation.  Haven't tried 9.1 yet.  I do not have a rich
> >>> Linux
> >>> background otherwise, except building simple firewalls, etc.  All I
> >>> know
> >>> is I like SuSE 9.0 better than Windows for its overall usability.
> >>> My job
> >>> is .NET web applications development.
> >>
> >> Do you run the .NET framework on Linux?
> >>
> >> Someone asked me what I thought of that (.NET on Linux) and I had to
> >> admit I had no experience with it, and didn't realize that it even
> >> works
> >> (or is supposed to work) on Linux.  I've generally stayed away from
> >> it,
> >> as it's a Microsoft thing; if I want a cross-platform executable I'll
> >> use Java or a scripting language like Perl or Python.   What has your
> >> experience been with Linux support for .NET then?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jeremy