Gtk# 2.x has reached stable released status. Packages and source tarballs are now available for gtk-sharp-2.4.0 at our download site. The full announcement is here

Some links:

• New features in Gtk# 2.0
• Migrating your code to 2.0
• Full release announcement
• Gtk# roadmap.

We have also released an unstable version of gtk+ 2.8 bindings for people who want to start experimenting with the cairo API. This release is not for the faint of heart, and comes with no API stability guarantee for the new 2.8 API. This is a source only release and the tarball is available here

Since 2.8 is a relatively small API change over 2.6, we hope to quickly move to stability. If you find any issues, with the new API, please raise them promptly to ensure they are fixed. As always, please file a bug report for any issues you encounter.

Lluis Sánchez has announced a new release of the Mono IDE: MonoDevelop 0.9. The full release notes are here and you can download it here.

New in this release are:

• A Welcome Page: a starting point for your ongoing projects.
• New component-based architecture for the IDE. For details see the Architecture Overview.
• New Add-In manager to install, update and remove plugins for the MonoDevelop IDE.
• A command-line build tool, so you can integrate MonoDevelop projects into your batch compilation process.
• Smartindent for C# and Boo languages.

ZeroC has announced the release of Ice 3.0 and it works with Mono out of the box.

Ice, the Internet Communications Engine, is middleware for the practical programmer. A high-performance Internet communications platform, Ice includes a wealth of layered services and plug-ins. Ice means simplicity, speed, and power. Ice consists of the following packages:

Miguel de Icaza posted a status of the Mono.

Everaldo from Mono/Brazil has posted his interview with with Miguel de Icaza.

The new version of Mono has been released. See our release notes here. The software can be downloaded here.

This version includes many new changes as well as simplified Apache/ASP.NET configuration, completion to the compiler and much more.

Sebastien Pouliot has posted a new article on Using Client Certificates with XSP.

Sebastien Pouliot has announced the release of Gendarme a tool that can be used to check for common programming mistakes in your assemblies.

This initial release is focused on security (it is being used to audit Mono's CAS implementation) and a few common bugs in Mono.

A new version of Tao, the OpenGL bindings for .NET and Mono has been released and is available from the Mono download site. See the Tao Home Page for details, binaries and source code.

The 1.2.0 release has support for all known OpenGL extensions at this time, as well as extensive improvements to Tao.Sdl and Tao.Ode. The mono and .NET builds are not yet interchangeable; please download a specific build for either the mono runtime or the win32 .NET runtime.