DotGNU Portable.Net is a portable suite of tools (including a C# compiler, assembler, and runtime engine) for non-Microsoft platforms such as GNU/Linux. It is a part of the DotGNU meta-project.
| Tags | Software Development Compilers Emulators |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | C C# |
Recent releases


Release Notes: Assorted bugfixes.


Release Notes: The versions of libgc and libffi were updated. Fixes were made in System.Windows.Forms and to some minor bugs.


Release Notes: This release adds many bugfixes throughout most components.


Release Notes: There are major bugfixes across all components.


Release Notes: Major strides were made in threading, System.Windows.Forms, System.Xml, ml-pnet, DCOP, serialization, and many other places.
Recent comments
29 Jul 2001 06:14
Re: .NET
> What about www.go-mono.com/ ???
The relationship between Portable.NET and Mono is answered in the FAQ (www.southern-storm.com...). Portable.NET predates Mono by several months - we were here first.
19 Jul 2001 09:12
.NET
What about www.go-mono.com/ ???
09 Apr 2001 23:25
Re: Doing it "right" ?
> Have you thought about adding C# to the
> languages that GCC supports and adding
> the runtime byte code as a valid output
> format? Essentially you would build a
> cross-compiler...
This question is answered in the Portable.NET FAQ, which can be found here (www.southern-storm.com...). It's not as easy as it looks.
09 Apr 2001 08:58
Doing it "right" ?
Have you thought about adding C# to the languages that GCC supports and adding the runtime byte code as a valid output format? Essentially you would build a cross-compiler...
09 Apr 2001 03:36
Re: one question
>
> % why?
> %
>
> 1. Because we need to keep Microsoft
> honest on this stuff. We can't let them
> turn it into another "run the
> binary and trust us" system. The
> security issues are too great. Only the
> open source model can produce a truly
> secure system.
>
> 2. I like messing with parsers and
> runtimes and stuff. It's fun! :)
>
I'm excited to see someone working on this. The .Net framework is very cool, but can only be really cool if it is across platforms. Good luck!
- Scott
A powerful and pretty desktop environment for GNU/Linux and Unix-like systems.