I'm just come back from Webbit in Milan...
A good day where to improve my knowledgements on various fields, in my case expecially on J2EE, but now I'm too tired to post opinions after this day. 
However, only a little negative point for the direction of the meeting: strictly 1 hour for argument is not always enough and running is not a good way to learn. 
I want to keep up the great idea that comes from John Galloway: why not building a Knoppix Linux "Live CD" with Mono?
I think it could be a great idea, expecially for programmers who wants to try the power of Mono but don't want to install and configure a complete Linux system.
What I want in a Linux / Mono Live CD? Personally, I'd like to have a cd like the actual Knoppix version (with KDE and all the programming tools) and maybe I'll eliminate the StarOffice suite for a webserver like Apache up and running and a database (maybe MySql?). Also Wine could be an interesting tool to add.
A great idea to start with Mono programming and try .NET also on other platforms. Great idea John! 