How to migrate a .NET Windows Service application to Linux

Question

What is the best approach to migrate window service built in C#.net to a linux non .net base. What language will best suited for the task? what are the issues that can rise? and if the window service uses much I/O operation what should the optimal solution for that. technologically wise and dependency wise.?

Answer 1

What about C#: Have you considered using Mono ?

Java shares much syntax with C#, so that's not the hard part. You have to consider all the frameworks/libraries etc. Mono does provide a lot of compatible libraries.