We have just released Mono 2.4.3.1, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.4.x series. The Mono 2.4.3.1 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes.

Mono 2.4.3.1 can be downloaded from our download page.

We have just released Mono 2.6.1, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.6.x series. The Mono 2.6.1 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes.

Mono 2.6.1 can be downloaded from our download page.

We have released Moonlight 2 an open source implementation of Silverlight 2 for Linux (with some extra added features).

Read Miguel's blog for more details.

Today we are releasing the much anticipated upgrades to both. Mono 2.6 and MonoDevelop 2.2.

For those in a hurry, binaries and source are available from:

• Mono Download page.
• MonoDevelop Download page.

And if you want a quick mnemonic to remember this release, just think debugger! and cross platform.

The Mono team and contributors worked on this release like we have never worked before. Thanks to everyone that reported bugs, filed feature requests, contributed code and helped newcomers with Mono.

Mono 2.6 highlights:

• WCF client and server, the subset exposed by Silverlight 2.0.
• LLVM support, to improve performance on server/computational loads.
• Continuations/Co-routine framework Mono.Tasklets (background info)
• LINQ to SQL using DbLinq.
• New Soft Debugger, integrated with MonoDevelop on Unix and OSX (background).
• System.IO.Packaging.
• csharp shell now supports auto-completion (press tab to complete)
• xbuild can now build most msbuild projects.
• Mono debuts a verifier and security sandbox (used by Moonlight).
• More complete 3.5 API coverage.
• This release includes Microsoft's open sourced ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET AJAX and Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime.
• Faster and slimmer.

MonoDevelop 2.2 highlights (screenshots here and here):

• MonoDevelop code is now LGPLv2 and MIT X11 licensed. We have removed all of the GPL code, allowing addins to use Apache, MS-PL code as well as allowing proprietary add-ins to be used with MonoDevelop (like RemObject's Oxygene).
• User interface improvements: the first thing that MonoDevelop users will notice is that we have upgraded the UI to fit modern ideas. We borrowed ideas from Chrome, Firefox, Visual Studio, Eclipse and XCode.
• ASP.NET MVC support, you can now develop, debug and build ASP.NET MVC applications from MonoDevelop.
• New T4 Macro processor (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) integrated directly into the IDE (Mono's T4 is also available as a reusable library for use and abuse in your own programs).
• Moonlight Project Support: you can now build, debug and run Moonlight applications using MonoDevelop.
• New MacOS and Windows support. Check our feature matrix for details.
• New Debugger support allows debugging Console, Gtk#, ASP.NET, iPhone and Moonlight applications.
• Extensive text editor improvements:
  • Dynamic abbrev (Just like Emacs' Alt-/)
  • Code generator (Alt-Insert)
  • Acronym matching
  • Code templates
  • Block selection
  • C# Formatter
• New refactoring commands:
  • Inline Rename (see screenshot).
  • Resolve Namespace
  • Rename Refactoring with Preview
  • Extract Method
  • Declare Local Variable
  • Integrate Temporary Variable
  • Introduce Constant
  • Move Type to Own File
  • Remove Unused Usings
  • Sort Usings
  • Create/Remove Backing Store
  • Keybindable Commands
• Python add-in has graduated to be a supported plugin, includes code completion, syntax checking, method and class locator and code folding.
• iPhone development plugin.

The team is on #mono, #monodev and #monodevelop on irc.gnome.org fielding any questions you might have.

We have just released Mono 2.4.3, a bug fix release for the Mono 2.4.xx series. The Mono 2.4.3 Release Notes include the full details on new features and bug fixes.

Mono 2.4.3 can be downloaded from our download page.

Mono Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 has officially been released.

Support for developing and debugging Mono applications from within Microsoft Visual Studio has been a feature requested from the .NET developer community since very early in the project.s history. While our own MonoDevelop continues to grow in features in adoption, we also understand that developers working in Visual Studio today are in no rush to leave behind their current IDE and favorite Visual Studio add-ins.

Mono Tools integrates several key pieces of functionality directly into Visual Studio.s menu system:

• Analyze for Mono Migration - Scan open projects for compatibility with Mono while developing, and navigate directly to issues from the Error List within Visual Studio
• Run on Mono on Windows - Test against Mono on Windows to isolate issues arising from differences between Mono and .NET.
• Run on Mono on Linux - Deploy and run your application on Mono on Linux with minimal effort.
• Debug on Mono on Linux - Remotely debug your application running on the target platform

In addition to these features that improve the day-to-day experience of developing with Mono, this release incorporates a few additional features to aid in deployment of .NET applications on Mono.

• Package for Linux - Visually create a RPM installer packages for SUSE and openSUSE Linux for your .NET application
• Create a SUSE Linux Appliance - Use SUSE Studio to bundle your application into a Linux appliance for simplified distribution to your users.

To see the full functionality of the add-in, check out the full tutorial of taking an ASP.NET application through each feature from Analyze to Appliance.

You can Download a free, fully-functional 30-day trial of Mono Tools for Visual Studio, as well as fully preconfigured VMware or Virtual PC images, from the Mono Tools for Visual Studio download page.

To purchase Mono Tools for Visual Studio, visit our store

Ever wondered what Mono's roadmap is, or how you could easily describe Mono's current status as to your friends and significant others?

You can point them to our roadmap page and our compatibility pages.