DotGNU Portable .NET is an implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), more commonly known as .NET, includes everything that you need to compile and run C# and C applications that use the base class libraries, XML, and Systems.Windows.Forms. Currently supported CPUs: x86, PPC, ARM, PARISC, s390, ia-64, Alpha, MIPS, Sparc. Supported operating systems: GNU/Linux (on PCs, Sparc, iPAQ, Sharp Zaurus, PlayStation 2, Xbox,...), *BSD, Cygwin/Mingw32, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and Microsoft Windows. Portable .NET is a part of the DotGNU meta-project. The . ... the letter C itself C++ and C# redirect here. ... the letter C itself C++ and C# redirect here. ... x86 or 80x86 is the generic name of a microprocessor architecture first developed and manufactured by Intel. ... PPC can be: prospective parliamentary candidate 4-phenyl-4-(1-piperidinyl)cyclohexanol PowerPC, a microcomputer implementation and architecture Pocket PC, Microsofts specification for handheld devices production possibilities curve (in economics) Pay per click, a method of charging for advertising on the Internet Peripheral pin controller, a feature present in... ARM may stand for: Most likely: ARM Ltd (originally Advanced RISC Machines) ARM architecture CPU design or one of its derivatives developed by ARM Ltd (originally called The Acorn RISC Machine) Adjustable rate mortgage Annotated Reference Manual (C++) Artificial rupture of membranes (see amniotic sac) the ISO 3166-1 3... PA-RISC is a microprocessor architecture developed by Hewlett-Packards Systems & VLSI Technology Operation. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Alpha may refer to: Alpha (letter), a letter in the Greek alphabet. ... MIPS may mean: MIPS architecture, a RISC microprocessor architecture. ... Sun UltraSPARC II Microprocessor Sun UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara 8 Core) SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a pure big-endian RISC microprocessor architecture originally designed in 1985 by Sun Microsystems. ... Tux, a cartoon penguin frequently featured sitting, is the official Linux mascot. ... pc may mean: parsec, an astronomical unit of distance (from parallax-second) Percent or per cent pC may mean: picocoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10-12 coulomb PC may mean: // Codification Pacific Islands Trust Territory: ISO 3166 country code (obsolete since 1986; was split into Federated... Sun UltraSPARC II Microprocessor Sun UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara 8 Core) SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a pure big-endian RISC microprocessor architecture originally designed in 1985 by Sun Microsystems. ... This article is about the iPAQ PDA; for the iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer, see iPAQ (desktop computer). ... Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 running OpenZaurus and OPIE, with docking cradle and stylus The Sharp Zaurus is the name of a series of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) made by Sharp Corporation. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... Cygwin is a collection of free software tools originally developed by Cygnus Solutions to allow various versions of Microsoft Windows to act somewhat like a UNIX system. ... MinGW or Mingw32 (Minimalist GNU for Windows) is a software port of the GNU toolchain to the Win32 platform. ... Mac OS X is the operating system which is included with all shipping Apple Macintosh computers in the consumer and professional markets. ... Solaris may refer to: Technology Solaris Operating Environment, an operating system from Sun Microsystems Literature & Fiction Solaris (novel), a science fiction book by Stanislaw Lem, made into a film twice. ... AIX or Aix may be: Aix, a genus of two species of dabbling ducks, the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) and the Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) AIX operating system Athens Internet Exchange, (AIX) a European IXP a place name: Aix-la-Chapelle, or Aachen, a city in Germany in France: Aix... Microsoft Windows is a series of operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... DotGNU aims to be for webservices and for C# programs what GNU/Linux is rapidly becoming for desktop and server applications: the industry leader and provider of Free Software solutions. ...

Portable .NET has be vastly attacked by the Mono Community because of Novell's Mono project and therefore hasn't for long the attention it does merit, although the project is mature and stable enough to be used for many purposes on embedded systems. Mono is a project led by Novell,Inc. ... Novell, Inc. ... Mono is a project led by Novell,Inc. ...

Portable .NET can be compared to Mono to what Hurd or FreeBSD is to Linux. Mono is a project led by Novell,Inc. ... The GNU Hurd is a Unix-like kernel that sets the base for the GNU operating system. ... FreeBSD is a Unix-like free software operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through 386BSD and 4. ... See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. ...

The last release of Portable .NET 0.7.4. is from January 15, 2006.

External links

• Portable.NET homepage
• Southern Storm homepage