Mono Applications

Category:Mono Category:Patents Category:Trojan Horse Consider reading this old summary to learn why Mono is still bad or this newer primer with instructions on how to remove Mono.

Mononono is an advised solution to prevent Mono from cropping up in a system. If you are using Gentoo, just add the line dev-lang/mono to the file /etc/portage/package.mask and add "-mono" to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf.

For Arch Linux, add mono and libgdiplus to the IgnorePkg section of /etc/pacman.conf. You will get the following message when installing the group gnome-extra: "Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade?" Just say yes and anything depending on Mono won't be installed.

The following are vectors of Mono infection, according to Wikipedia, which attempt to replace legitimate applications and need to be removed:

Finding and Removing Mono-based Software

The following are programs that use the Mono application programming interface|API and C# instead of Java, Python or other open architectures.

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Task
Recommended application or solution
Mono intrusion vector
Criticism
Development
Anjuta, KDevelop, Eclipse, Java, QtCreator, Parrot, PHP, etc.
aped in mono by MonoDevelop
Multimedia
Rhythmbox (GTK/GNOME), Amarok (Qt/KDE), Exaile (GTK/GNOME), XMMS2, etc.
aped in mono by Muine
Multimedia
Rhythmbox (GTK/GNOME), Amarok (Qt/KDE), Clementine, Totem (GTK/GNOME), Exaile (GTK/GNOME), Songbird (XUL), VLC, etc.
aped in mono by Banshee License: MIT/X11
It is the default player in Ubuntu, with a bad interface, it is sponsored by Novell and because this Banshee uses a very permissive licence -- not sufficient to protect multimedia contents and not good to protect the project against patents.
Torrent
Transmission (GTK/GNOME), Deluge (GTK/GNOME), KTorrent (Qt/KDE), etc.
aped in mono by Monsoon
API Domination Monsoon is a bittorrent client which uses monotorrent library. Mono people can try to include Monsoon as part of a default GNOME installation. Mono promoter; OpenSUSE already includes monsoon and Banshee in its GNOME installations. Bad Licence Monsoon and monotorrent use the MIT/X11 licence. It's not good for GNU/Linux to promote licences with weak copyleft; instead use GNU GPLv3 or copyleft licenses. And MIT/X11 is not good for protecting projects against software patents.
Rendering
(Panda3D)
aped in mono by Unity
Note-taking
Gnote (GTK/GNOME), zim, knotes (Qt/KDE), Basket, Getting Things GNOME, etc.
aped in mono by Tomboy
The sad thing is that Tomboy included by default in a lot of GNU/Linux distributions. Gtk-sharp has a lot of packages, while other bindings have nothing. This causes API Domination controlled mainly by an abusive monopolist, Microsoft.
Virtual worlds
Cobalt
aped in mono by libsecondlife
Passwords
Password Gorilla, KeePassX
aped in mono by KeePass 2
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iFolder 3
Photo management
gThumb (GTK/GNOME), jBrout, digiKam (Qt/KDE), Solang,Gwenview, kornelix Fotoxx, Shotwell, etc.
aped in mono by F-Spot
Launcher
Avant Window Navigator , Launchy, Katapult (Qt/KDE), Deskbar, etc.
aped in mono by GNOME Do, Docky
Video
Avidemux, Kino, LiVES.
aped in mono by Diva
Feeds/RSS
Liferea (GTK/GNOME), Akregator (Qt/KDE), Thunderbird, RSSOwl, etc.
aped in mono by Blam
Search
Strigi, Tracker, Recoll,Pinot, etc.
aped in mono by Beagle
IM
Pidgin, Kopete
aped in mono by Galaxium
IRC
Konversation, Quassel IRC (Qt/KDE), XChat (GTK/GNOME)
aped in mono by Smuxi
Although it's free GNU software, it promotes C# development instead of Java.
Docks
Cairo-Dock
aped in mono by Docky