I am taking a class for school which is project based, and we can work in any language we want. So I thought it would be fun to work in C#. The stipulation, however, is that the professor needs to be able to compile the source code, and he uses Gentoo. So naturally, I turn to Mono. When I looked for a release for Gentoo, two releases caught my eye. The first is the Source code release, which would then need to be built. The second is the Linux x86 installer. I was wondering if people have tried these two releases, and which they found to be easier. Also, if anyone has used Mono on C# and could provide a little insight, that would be great. I have to request that the school install Mono on the machine the professor uses, and it would help if I could provide them with instructions.

~Viz