How to install Mono on Ubuntu 16.04

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Sponsored by Microsoft, Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C#and the Common Language Runtime. A growing family of solutions and an active and enthusiastic contributing community is helping position Mono to become the leading choice for development of cross platform applications.

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Setup a Non-root User on a Linux Server (Ubuntu)

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Having only one user, which is root, can be dangerous.  Running your own personal server allows you the freedom of doing whatever you wish, so let’s make use of this by adding a user with sudo access instead of direct root access.

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