The Mono platform has just received a new update! The feature set is quite impressive for this release. For example, Mono 2.8 now supports the following key items (among others):
C# 4.0 language features (DLR, etc) Support for the Task Parallel Library OData client framework ASP.NET MVC 2 Code contracts Check out the following link for full details, and fire up that Mac / Linux OS.
http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.8