title: Mono on VS2010?
body: <p>I want to start doing a cross platform project that will run on Linux and Windows.</p>
  
  <p>I went to mono's website to check things out as I heard mono allows me to run c# on Linux, but when I arrived there <a href="http://mono-project.com/Main_Page" rel="noreferrer">http://mono-project.com/Main_Page</a> I was a bit confused.</p>
  
  <p>The download page allows me to download it just fine but in order to program mono on VS2010 I need to pay for mono-tools or are there any alternatives within VS2010 ?</p>
  
  <p>In short what do I need to be able to use mono with VS2010 and what are the alternatives to programming mono without VS2010 ?</p>