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what are advantages and limitations of using mono project to run c# code on linux?

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If anybody having the solution of advantages and limitations of using mono project to run C# Code on Linux, Please tell me your thoughts...

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Saravanan Avatar asked Feb 19 '11 04:02

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There's a huge advantage - it works. You can use C#, develop, and run on Linux (and other platforms, including Windows).

The disadvantage is that things don't always work the same way as they do in MS's .NET implementation, and there is some functionality that is not implemented at all, such as WPF.

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Reed Copsey Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 12:09

Reed Copsey

Advantages

  • Investment - when you choose right software you don't have to pay for software licences when running Mono on Linux (this doesn't mean that it's free - Linux is only free if your time has no value).
  • No vendor lock-in - you have more choices for other software on Linux (for example DB or Web servers) when compared to MS solutions which works best with other MS stuff.
  • Mono specific libraries (for example Mono.Simd or REPL).
  • Open source (you, or others, can fix bugs/provide patches/improve code by yourself).

Limitations

  • Incompatibility with MS.NET framework.
  • In general you will probably spent more time with certain things (for example dealing with incompatibility or learning Linux administration and such).
  • Mono is not up-to-date with new API and features for some time when new version of .NET framework is released.
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