Hello All.

This post is concerning ASP.NET hosting on Linux.  There is a service out there:

http://www.monoforge.com/

I have a simple application running on my space.  Here is an example of the power of this setup.

I developed my solution on Windows XP using Visual Studio 2003 .NET.  I compiled it on windows using the Microsoft .NET C# compiler.  Then I simply copied my files over using an FTP client and it ran, on Linux, without recompilation.  It has a MySQL backend.  When I first uploaded my app, the MySQL connector was not installed on the server machine.  So I simply copied the dll into the execution directory ( bin/ ) and my custom app found it and used it automatically – problem solved.

The hosting is free for the moment, because this is currently a beta test.  Once it goes live, beta testers will get some money off the final product.  If nothing else, this is great for experimenting with.

Have fun!

Josh