Debian claims Mono not part of default install

The Debian GNU/Linux project has claimed that it installs Mono, the contentious open source clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment, as a default only for a small subset of users. Register now to win a Canon EOS 500D Debian spokesman Alexander Reichle-Schmehl said in a post on his blog, addressed to Free Software Foundation chief Richard M. Stallman, that this meant Mono was not part of the distribution's default GNOME installation. He was reacting to a statement put out by Stallman a few days ago in which he urged Debian to avoid C# and termed any inclusion of Debian in the default installation - which Debian leader Steve McIntyre had said was a possibility - a risky one. Reichle-Schmehl said: "It (Debian) still installs a more or less minimal Gnome Desktop without Tomboy and without Mono. As far as I know there... [read full story]                    

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