Using Linux and .NET

Question

I want to use Ubuntu Linux, but I cant because I need to programming in .NET What can you advise me to do?

Answer 1

You could always use Mono. You could use a virtual machine and install Windows and Visual Studio in that.

Answer 2

mono is an opensource version of the runtime that runs on linux and mac

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Answer 3

This is interesting, i don't know of anyway. You can write .net applications for linux using mono i think. And you can always write code in any editor.

Check microsoft websites to see if they have atleast a command line compiler for linux (honestly i dont know of one).

Answer 4

Mono and MonoDev, a virtual machine such as QEmu, or if you are feeling brave, you can try using WINE, but it has limited compatibility with certain versions of .NET and VisualStudio.

Answer 5

Mono is an opon source implementation of .NET. It still has it's flaws, but is rapidly evolving. For development, MonoDevelop might be a good choice.

But (especially if you have a hardware virtualization-capable cpu) the best thing you can do is to fire up vmware or virtualbox, and hava a small windows install at hand.

Answer 6

Mono 2.4 is a great cross-platform implementation of the CLR.

Coupled with Mono, you can use MonoDevelop to edit normal VS .sln files. It's not as powerful as Visual Studio, but still quite capable.

Answer 7

I suggest that you dual boot Windows and Linux. Mono is solid, but it is still not as fully featured, especially in the Silverlight world. Moonlight is cool, but always a few steps behind.