Mono is a multi-platform and open source framework for .NET, and MonoDevelop is the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Mono. In this post we’re going to install MonoDevelop in our Ubuntu installation.

Linux comes in many flavors, each with different advantages for a type of user. When it comes to a Linux distro that is easy to install and friendly to the average user, Ubuntu is the best option right now. But you don’t have to make a definitive decision. Thanks to VirtualBox, it’s very easy to try out different Linux distros. In this post, we’ll set up Ubuntu on VirtualBox.