Summary: An affinity for the ripoff of the ripoff of Java is costing Debian and its descendent's, Ubuntu, dearly

MONO is not software, it's a doctrine. It's the belief that Microsoft is the centre of all things and that all platforms -- GNU/Linux included -- should just become clients of Microsoft despite the known risks.

Banshee is the latest Mono addition to Ubuntu and as a notable blogger put it, "I wonder what is the next platform they’re going to take on now that both Windows and Mac are already supported."

Banshee -- like Mono in general -- is about .NET, it's not about GNU/Linux. It never was. That says a lot. In fact, a lot of the people who promote Mono inside GNU/Linux are not even GNU/Linux users. They have an agenda, which is to increase the use of Microsoft APIs. It's no wonder that the lead developer of Mono is a Microsoft MVP.

According to this, Banshee was added to Ubuntu prematurely. It's buggy. We have heard the same thing in IRC and in E-mail. What was Canonical thinking??? All that Banshee has done for Ubuntu so far is harm its reputation (the Bansheegate).

According to this other new post, "Debian 6 [is] sluggish and slow due to Mono".

It says: "To cut a long story short, I have no need for Mono and decided to erase it.

   apt-get purge cli-common libmono-*

"If you are a Ubuntu user reading this, please do not run this command.

"Now the interesting thing after performing this action was I noticed my desktop was more snappy and responsive, and more inline with Fedora 14."

Fedora avoids Mono as a matter of principle. ⬆