OpenSUSE classifies Mono-based applications correctly (as proprietary)
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Richard Stallman on .NET, Mono and DotGNU
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RMS: You shouldn't write software to use .NET. No exceptions.
The basic point is that Microsoft has patents over features in .NET, and its patent promise regarding free software implementations of those is inadequate. It may someday attack the free implementations of these features.
Mono is a disease. Why spread it?
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Mono, Glandular fever or its proper name, Mononucleosis is a very infectious disease which many people suffer through in their childhood. It usually has a stigma attached to it and is used in a slang form for ridicule or alienation. Related by the shortened name to this biological virus is the Mono project for Linux.
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Novell is Knowingly Seeding GNU/Linux, MeeGo and Android With Microsoft Patents
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Another look at the negative effects of Novell not only on GNU/Linux desktops but also phones and tablets running Linux, the kernel
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MeeGo is Hijacked by the Mono Team
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Novell/Microsoft influence in MeeGo is threatening Nokia and Intel with software patents tax
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Mandriva Removes More of Mono
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Ubuntu’s Path to Freedom From Mono Now a Short One
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The Ubuntu distribution of GNU/Linux is removing F-Spot from its default installation, which leaves very little in terms of Mono dependencies - packages that are really simple to replace anyway
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Canonical is Already Aware of the Problem With Mono
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Canonical's chief technology officer talks about the problem with Microsoft controlling Mono
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Ubuntu Removes gThumb and Adds More Mono
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A bizarre decision is made just weeks before the final release of Ubuntu 10.04 because an F-Spot (Mono) competitor is removed and Banshee (Mono) gains integration with Ubuntu One
Steven Rosenberg has just published a rave (finally!) about Ubuntu 10.04. He particularly likes gThumb, which can help remove Mono from Ubuntu.
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The Future of Mono and MonoTouch is Uncertain
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Why programming with Mono (or with MonoTouch) is a risky thing to do, especially now that Novell is up for sale and Apple blocks .NET/Mono
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Thumbs up to Ubuntu for Removing a Part of MS; TurboHercules Likely a Psystar-Type MS Shell
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An analysis combining Ubuntu's relationship with Microsoft proxies such as Yahoo! search and Mono; more on how TurboHercules may be connected to Microsoft and why IBM's response was tactless
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Netrunner: Ubuntu GNU/Linux Sans Mono
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Finally we have a Ubuntu-based distribution which does not encourage reliance on Microsoft's C#. Clemens Toennies has launched Netrunner, which is based on Linux Mint (Ubuntu derivative) and contains no Mono, as a matter of conscious choice.
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Ubuntu Removes Codec Patent Trap, But What About Mono?
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The AAC encoder is taken off Ubuntu repositories, but other, more troubling software stays, despite clear warnings from Microsoft
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Red Hat/Fedora Deliver GNOME Without the Mono
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The ‘Conspiracy’ of Mono
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Further analysis of the response to Mono criticism and the abuse directed against those who dissent against Mono
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