Developing .NET-compatible software on Linux

Novell has announced Mono 1.2, its project for developing Linux modules that work with applications built on Microsoft’s .NET platform. According to the developers, this version is fully compatible with .NET 1.1 and partly compatible with .NET 2.0. The release adds support for the Microsoft Windows Forms API and improves the Java virtual machine. The software is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and BSD, and supports various hardware platforms, including ARM.