Mono is the name of an
open source project by
Ximian to create a
.NET-compatable set of tools, including a
C# compiler, a
Common Language Runtime, and more, all to run on
GNU/Linux or
UNIX computer. While
Microsoft plans to make a version of .NET available for
FreeBSD with
Corel, Ximian and others believe their
shared source[?] license will accelerate development of a Linux port.
A similar project, called Portable.NET[?], is part of the dotGNU project.