How is SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension different from the Mono technology included with SUSE Linux Enterprise?
SUSE Linux Enterprise includes some portions of Mono required by applications that ship with SUSE Linux Enterprise. However, this version of Mono is not built to be a platform for hosting ASP.NET and other .NET server applications. Additionally, operating system requirements prevent this version of Mono from being easily upgraded to a newer version. SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension not only runs a newer version of Mono with the latest .NET features, including ASP.NET 2.0, ASP.NET AJAX, and ASP.NET MVC, but it can also be safely upgraded as new .NET features become available in Mono.