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Consider reading this old summary to learn why Mono is still bad or this newer primer with instructions on how to remove Mono.
instructions on how to remove Mono
Mononono is an advised solution to prevent Mono from cropping up in a system. If you are using Gentoo, just add the line dev-lang/mono to the file /etc/portage/package.mask and add "-mono" to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf.
For Arch Linux, add mono and libgdiplus to the IgnorePkg section of /etc/pacman.conf. You will get the following message when installing the group gnome-extra: "Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade?" Just say yes and anything depending on Mono won't be installed.
The following are vectors of Mono infection, according to Wikipedia, which attempt to replace legitimate applications and need to be removed:
●● Finding and Removing Mono-based Software
The following are programs that use the Mono application programming interface|API and C# instead of Java, Python or other open architectures.
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