Mono

Mono kicks ass. Gnome is including GTK+ C# bindings with the newest versions. I have to say, for once microsoft did something right with .NET. I like being able to use the same API and language to program for windows or linux. It's just so much easier. Sure, I wouldn't write anything that needed to execute with the utmost speed in .NET, but those requirements aren't exactly necessary for most projects nowadays. I'd be willing to bet that writing a FPS in .NET wouldn't be such a bad thing. With computing power these days, it's ok for a program to go through a layer of translation. I'm still getting my gentoo install up and running.... I decided to wait for 2006.1 so that my hardware wouldn't be as buggy, and for various other reasons. I've been using gentoo on other systems for some time, I just haven't put it on my newest workstation yet. I tried with 2006.0, but ran into obstacles compiling the kernel where gcc would segfault. I look back at the forum now and can find the answer, but too bad it wasn't there when I was going at it lol. Anyway, look forward to seeing many simple applications that I will be making in order to ease the transition for all those people that are accustomed to windows.