THIS TEXT IS TAKEN FROM THE MONOPPIX HOMEPAGE. READ MORE ABOUT MONOPPIX HERE AT http://www.monoppix.com/ What is it? Monoppix is a Live CD Linux distribution (based on Knoppix), which means you pop it in your CD drive, reboot, and you're running Linux. It works without installing a thing on your hard drive - it runs completely off the CD and RAM. What's the main purpose of this CD? Showcasing and spreading Mono technology which is a free .NET framework implementation to linux/unix operating systems. What's on the CD? - Mono runtime environment, complier and class libraries, - Monodevelop - Mono enabled IDE, - XSP - ASP.NET web server, - GTK# - for desktop applications (sample included), - MySQL database server, - Quickstarts and Mono walkthroughs and tutorials, How to get started? - Download the latest ISO. - Burn the ISO to a bootable CD. - Reboot your computer with the mono CD and CDRom boot enabled in your bios.