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So, my freetime project that I’ve decided to take on is:

Setting up a start-to-finish ALL Linux ALL OpenSource .NET development station.  This will include several things.

1. A Case/UML tool for modeling mono-based .NET projects.
2. MonoDevelop - a customization of SharpDevelop for compiling bit code to run on Mono rather than the .NET framework… mind you Mono is a mimic of the .NET framework supported and primarily developed by Novell.
3. A Linux ’server’ (it will be a decent laptop) serving out webpages on Apache with mod_mono installed so it can serve up ASP.NET pages.
4. The only part I’ve not yet figured out is the database.  It may run against a SQL Server 2k instance on a windows machine of mine, or it may run against a locally-hosted MySQL installation.  I haven’t found an open source SQLSERVER.NET engine, so I’ll probably use MySQL and maybe give me a reason to check out sqlyog or whatever it is.

So, first step will actually be getting a laptop, installed with Linux, set for hosting of webpages with Apache, recompiled with mod_mono support and a mysql installation with whatever tools I choose for that.  This should be fun.

Suggestions on Linux distro?  I’ve considered Ubuntu because I’ve used and enjoyed Debian before and have messed a LITTLE with kubuntu.  Other than that, I’m not really sure what I’ll do.  USB/Wireless support are of some importance but I guess I could run wired most of the time if need be.

Thoughts?