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by bad_user
4717 days ago
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On desktop Linux, Mono's direct competition is not C++, but rather Python. Also, Mono apps were replaced in Ubuntu/Debian because of Mono's large footprint, both in memory and in disk usage (until recently, Ubuntu has been constrained for a long time to the size of one CD). Also development died and these distros are distributing by default apps that are actively developed and maintained. |
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And the IDE support still sucks and the bindings are patchy at best (but admittedly better now because there is only 1 person working on GTK compared to the ten or fifteen who contributed back in the day and they release a lot less).
> Also, Mono apps were replaced in Ubuntu/Debian because of Mono's large footprint, both in memory and in disk usage
Thinly veiled bullshit if you ask me. If they were worried about package sizes, there were a lot of other things (like sample photos, movies, music, Open Office bloat, shipping multiple library versions, etc) that they could have cut back on if they got serious.
Regardless, the FOSS community shot themselves in the foot by jettisoning one of the most complete platforms that actually had decent developer tools.