I believe Fedora/Red-hat's policy towards Mono is wise. Looking back at the history of Microsoft since day 1, there is little that they do benevolently. Time after time, Microsoft lays traps and plays dirty to face off threats. Microsoft is the "Karl Rove" of computing. Including software in the official distro with suspicious I.P. claims is just inviting trouble. Having tried Suse 10, I would say that Fedora is remarkably competative given the dollars being poured into Suse. Suse's "selinux" equivalent, "app armor", is closed-source and intensionally limited in Suse 10 to the point of uselessness (for my needs and I suspect most techies.) But hey, that's the great thing about open source. Try both distros out, see which one suits your fancy. Asking for the folks behind Fedora to take what they see as a substantial risk simply to emulate Novell's path with Suse -- I'm not sure that's constructive. There's room for multiple philosophies in the Linux sphere, and I appreciate Fedora's stance towards Mono. Regards, Ben