I run Ubuntu on my main desktop machine at home and I've been watching Mono for quite a while. I was elated when the Microsoft-Novell agreement was put into place this fall because it meant Mono was getting something like an "official stamp of approval". Or at a minimum Novell wasn't going to be sued and the project shut down.
Sadly, I think it also meant we're never getting another version of Rotor.
Why do I run Linxu? I come from a UNIX background, primarily BSD. I can't give up an operating system I figuratively grew up on simply because I work for an OS Vendor.
I digress. I'll get to the point.
I've been poking around the past weekend looking for Open Source projects using .NET. I can't find much out there. It really disappoints me. Somewhere between the dog just came up and grabbed my ice cream cone kind of disappointment and I just lost my best friend kind of disappointment.
This last Friday the GPL3 was released. I could move along this tangent for hours. I won't, its just an ancillary thought.
There need to be more open source projects using .NET. I compiled a list of about a dozen projects:
MonoMoonlightDasBlogGrasshopperCruiseControlCastleMonoRailSpring.NETMetaLinqNunitMBUnitDotNetNukeRSS BanditZanebugTackleReflectorLog4NETSharpDevelopLucene.NETMVP.XMLProjectIronPythonIronRuby
See, the list is pretty short. Can you help me grow it? I'm sure I'm missing some.
A shiny spot in this mix has been Moonlight and what the team is calling Desklets. I was a huge fan of Konfabulator and even paid for a license at one time. My son came around my desk earlier today and saw a screenshot on Everaldo's blog and exclaimed, "Awesome!".
I concur.