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[[Category:Mono]]
[[Category:Patents]]
[[Category:Trojan Horse]]
Consider reading this old summary to learn [http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/24/mono-danger-to-linux/ why Mono is still bad] or this newer primer with [http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/02/mono-an-infectious-disease/ 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 <code>dev-lang/mono</code> to the file <code>/etc/portage/package.mask</code> and add "<code>-mono</code>" to your USE flags in <code>/etc/make.conf</code>.  

For Arch Linux, add <code>mono</code> and <code>libgdiplus</code> to the <code>IgnorePkg</code> section of <code>/etc/pacman.conf</code>.  You will get the following message when installing the group <code>gnome-extra</code>: "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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software) 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 [http://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono C#] instead of Java, Python or other open architectures.



{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! Task
! Recommended application or solution
! Mono intrusion vector
! Criticism
|-
| Development
| [http://anjuta.org Anjuta], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop], [http://eclipse.org Eclipse],  Java, [http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/category/qtcreator/ QtCreator], Parrot, PHP, etc.
| aped in mono by MonoDevelop 
|
|-
| Multimedia
| [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ Rhythmbox] (GTK/GNOME), [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok] (Qt/KDE), [http://www.exaile.org/ Exaile] (GTK/GNOME), [http://www.xmms2.org/ XMMS2], etc.
| aped in mono by Muine 
|
|-
| Multimedia
| [http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ Rhythmbox] (GTK/GNOME), [http://amarok.kde.org/ Amarok] (Qt/KDE), [http://www.clementine-player.org/ Clementine], [http://projects.gnome.org/totem/ Totem] (GTK/GNOME), [http://www.exaile.org/ Exaile] (GTK/GNOME), [http://getsongbird.com/ Songbird] (XUL), [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 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
| [http://www.transmissionbt.com/ Transmission] (GTK/GNOME),  [http://deluge-torrent.org/ Deluge] (GTK/GNOME),  [http://ktorrent.org/ 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
| [http://www.panda3d.org (Panda3D)]
| aped in mono by Unity 
|
|-
| Note-taking
| [http://live.gnome.org/Gnote Gnote] (GTK/GNOME), [http://zim-wiki.org/ zim], [http://pim.kde.org/components/knotes.php knotes] (Qt/KDE), [http://basket.kde.org/ Basket], [http://gtg.fritalk.com/pages/download 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
| [http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Cobalt Cobalt]
| aped in mono by libsecondlife 
|
|-
| Passwords
| [http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/ Password Gorilla].
| aped in mono by KeePass 2 
|
|-
| 
| ?
| iFolder 3
|
|-
| Photo management
| [http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/ gThumb] (GTK/GNOME), [http://jbrout.manatlan.com/ jBrout], [http://www.digikam.org/ digiKam] (Qt/KDE), [https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/solang/ Solang],[http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/ Gwenview], [http://kornelix.squarespace.com/fotoxx/ kornelix] [http://kornelix.squarespace.com/fotoxx-gallery/ Fotoxx], [http://www.yorba.org/shotwell/ Shotwell], etc.
| aped in mono by F-Spot 
|
|-
| Launcher
| [https://launchpad.net/awn Avant Window Navigator] , [http://sourceforge.net/projects/launchy/ Launchy], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/katapult/ Katapult] (Qt/KDE), [http://projects.gnome.org/deskbar-applet/ Deskbar], etc.
| aped in mono by GNOME Do, Docky 
|
|-
| Video
| [http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ Avidemux], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/kino/ Kino], [http://lives.sourceforge.net LiVES].
| aped in mono by Diva
|
|-
| Feeds/RSS
| [http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ Liferea] (GTK/GNOME), [http://akregator.kde.org/ Akregator] (Qt/KDE), [http://www.mozillamessaging.com Thunderbird], [http://www.rssowl.org/ RSSOwl], etc.
| aped in mono by Blam! 
|
|-
| Search
| [http://strigi.sourceforge.net/ Strigi], [http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/ Tracker], [http://www.recoll.org/ Recoll],[http://pinot.berlios.de/index.html Pinot], etc.
| aped in mono by Beagle 
|
|-
| IM
| [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin], [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete]
| aped in mono by Galaxium
|
|-
| IRC
| [http://konversation.kde.org/ Konversation], [http://www.quassel-irc.org/ Quassel IRC] (Qt/KDE), [http://www.xchat.org/ XChat] (GTK/GNOME)
| aped in mono by Smuxi 
|
Although it's free GNU software, it promotes C# development instead of Java.
|}