sudo apt-get remove –purge mono-common libmono0
[sudo] password for MIGUEL:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
nvidia-kernel-common monodoc-gtk2.0-manual monodoc-manual
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
f-spot* gtk-sharp2* gtk-sharp2-examples* gtk-sharp2-gapi* libart2.0-cil* libflickrnet2.1.5-cil*
libgconf2.0-cil* libglade2.0-cil* libglib2.0-cil* libgmime2.2-cil* libgnome-keyring1.0-cil*
libgnome-vfs2.0-cil* libgnome2.0-cil* libgtk2.0-cil* libgtkhtml3.16-cil* libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil*
libmono-addins0.2-cil* libmono-cairo1.0-cil* libmono-cairo2.0-cil* libmono-corlib1.0-cil*
libmono-corlib2.0-cil* libmono-data-tds1.0-cil* libmono-data-tds2.0-cil* libmono-security1.0-cil*
libmono-security2.0-cil* libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil* libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil* libmono-sqlite2.0-cil*
libmono-system-data1.0-cil* libmono-system-data2.0-cil* libmono-system-web1.0-cil*
libmono-system-web2.0-cil* libmono-system1.0-cil* libmono-system2.0-cil* libmono0* libmono1.0-cil*
libmono2.0-cil* libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil* libndesk-dbus1.0-cil* mono-common* mono-gac* mono-gmcs* mono-jit*
mono-runtime* nemo* sysinfo* tomboy*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 47 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 61.4MB disk space will be freed.
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Be sure to have a look at Vala. Vala is a language with a C#-like syntax, which compiles down to ANSI C (using GLib / GObject for its object system), and finally compiles down to native code (using GCC). I find it a very interesting alternative to C#, even though it is a young project.

Check out Vala[1] as well. Vala is a modern language with C#-like syntax. It relies on a preprocessor to convert the language to ANSI C, using GLib / GObject for its object system, and then uses gcc to compile the generated C to native code.

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[1] http://live.gnome.org/Vala

A good cross-platform toolkit and a fantastic IDE to match.

Qt4 is that toolkit and Qt-Creator is that IDE.

We are using Java to create everything from web client, rcp, data access etc. We run it on everthing fromk linux, windows, macs, as/400 etc

I really need to look at the gnome java project. Looks interesting.

GNOME has a quite decent python interface, which is object oriented and very easy to use. Python’s problem as a scripting language of course is the speed. While it is fine for writing plugins for various applications like rhythmbox, I think when developing a full application, you might get to the point sometime, when you reach it’s limits.
There is also GNOME’s Vala, which looks quite promising, but as it is in a somewhat early stage right now I have not tried it yet.
Finally there is also Java, which seems to have an interface for GNOME/GTK too, which is actively developed (http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net). I wonder why such a small amount of gnome apps are written in Java at the moment, while the advantages are obvious:
1. Fast JIT code execution
2. easy to port to other platforms
3. simple but expressive code structure
4. OpenJDK/JDK is part of most of the modern linux distributions
5. Very simple build process
6. Very good IDE support

Why not make Java part of the official gnome distribution instead of mono? Any clues on that?

This is called a Major League burn:

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/07/2241233
Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash
Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 07, @07:50PM
from the silverlight-in-the-pan dept.
Microsoft Entertainment
christian.einfeldt writes “This week, Major League Baseball will open without Microsoft’s Silverlight at the plate, according to Bob Bowman, CEO of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which handles much of the back-end operations for MLB and several other leagues and sporting events. The change was decided on last year but was set to be rolled out this spring. Among the causes of MLB’s disillusionment with Silverlight were technical glitches users experienced, including needing administrator privileges to install the plugin (often impossible in workplaces). Baseball’s opening day last year was plagued by Silverlight instability, with many users unable to log on and others unable to watch games. Adobe Flash already exists on 99% of user machines, said Bowman, and Adobe is ‘committed to the customer experience in video with the Flash Player.’ MLBAM’s decision to dump Silverlight is particularly problematic for Microsoft’s effort to compete with Adobe, due to the fact that MLBAM handles much of the back-end operations for CBS’ Webcasts of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and this year will do the encoding for the 2009 Masters golf tournament.”
top tags

* flash o x o ! * microsoft o x o !
* entertainment o x o ! * goodriddance o x
o ! * silverlight o x o ! * entertainment
o x o ! * microsoft o x o !

I want real Linux, not fake Windows!