Microsoft Donates the Mono Project To Wine

Microsoft is now separating from the Mono project, the open source implementation of its .NET environment. The Redmond-based company is handing over responsibility for further development to the makers of the Windows runtime environment Wine. (Read more)

Microsoft decided to donate the Mono project to Wine developers, Mono is an open-source and free.NET framework, and the first implementation of.NET on Android, iOS, and Linux.The Mono Project, a key part of the.NET ecosystem since its launch in 2001, is in transition. Microsoft is transferring Mono project management to the Winehq organization. Originally created to allow developers to easily create cross-platform applications, Mono has been ins…

Microsoft has announced that it has handed over management of Mono, an open source implementation of the .NET Framework, to the WineHQ team behind Wine, software for running Windows applications on Unix-based operating systems. Read more...

Microsoft donates Mono cross-platform .NET to WineHQ

Microsoft has donated its Mono Project, which has provided a .NET implementation on Android, iOS, Linux, and other operating systems, to the WineHQ organization, according to bulletin publicized August 27. WineHQ provides a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Posix-compliant platforms such as Linux, macOS, and BSD. The organization will take over as stewards of the Mono Project upstream at https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine-mono/…

Microsoft transitions Mono project stewardship to WineHQ organization

The Mono Project, a key component of the .NET ecosystem since its start in 2001, is undergoing a transition. Originally created to allow developers to easily build cross-platform applications, Mono has been instrumental in extending .NET to various operating systems, including Android, iOS, and Linux. After Microsoft acquired Xamarin in 2016, it became the steward of the Mono Project, continuing its development. The last major release of the ori…

Microsoft Donates the Mono Project To Wine

Microsoft has decided to donate the Mono Project to the developers of Wine, FOSS that allows Windows applications to run on Unix-like operating systems. "Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications," notes GameOnLinux's Liam Dawe. "It is an o...