Updated versions of MonoDevelop have been uploaded for those users that were experiencing problems with Gtk#. The Linux installer has also been updated.

Packages are available from our Downloads page.

Join the competition to port existing Windows applications to Linux using Mono, Grasshopper or PHP. Mainsoft, IBM and CodeProject are sponsoring this effort.

For more details and prizes, see the Race to Linux web page.

A bug fix release for Mono 1.1.9 has been released, it is available from our Download page. The release notes are here.

The Windows packages are not yet available as we are starting to automate that process and its taking a bit more time than we expected. Packages should be available soon.

Mono 1.1.9 introduces two new ports of the Mono JIT compiler: Itanium and ARM processor. This release introduces SSL support on XSP, a reusable web server, Cairo 1.0 bindings, a more scalable and hardened version of ASP.NET and the new .NET-compatible international collation code and much more.

This release includes various improvements from the summer of code: an updated and more conformant JScript.NET compiler and a revamped documentatiom browser now with integrated searching and Mozilla support.

For a more complete list see our release notes.

Mono 1.1.9 is packaged for a number of platforms and available for download.

Mono users meeting at the Microsoft PDC.

Details: Up-to-date details are available here

Date: Tuesday September 13th.

Location: Sheraton Downtown LA hotel, a short walk (map) from the Staples Conventions Center.

Time:The meeting will start at 6pm and will go until 9:30pm.

Pass the word to other fellow .NET developers.

At the meeting we will talk about the Mono Project's current state, milestones, new developments, platform support and upcoming releases. Various Mono developers will be there to answer your questions both members of the community and Novell employees working on Mono.

The evening surprise is the unveiling of the new Mono T-Shirts design by Finnish artist Tuomas Kuosmanen. We will be giving out t-shirts to the attendees.

We will showcase some of the Mono-based applications we have built for Linux:

• iFolder file sharing and synchronization,
• the Banshee media player,
• our new photo management software,
• the desktop search,
• the MonoDevelop IDE and
• the GTK# GUI toolkit which is the API we use to create all of these applications.

We will also showcase the new vector-based rendering APIs available for developers (completely cross-platform) as well as the new OpenGL-based windowing system.

We will answer your questions on how to bring your .NET applications to Linux, MacOS X and Solaris and how to take advantage of the Mono and Linux-specific APIs.

Finally, we will demo some of the the new Mono software funded by Google's Summer of Code:

• XBuild: the open source msbuild implementation for assisting you in rebuilding your new projects on Mono.
• Ruby.NET and PHP.NET compilers.
• The DIVA Movie editor.
• The new ASP.NET editor.
• The .NET bug finder.
• The Cecil libraries for reading and writing CIL images.
• Mono's XAML compiler.

Thanks to Garrett LeSage the Mono web site has a new design.