ASP.NET Future on linux?

I was wondering. What do you guys think about ASP.NET future on linux? I dont know much about IIS and i know some things about linux. I dont want to program anything in php and while searching for host i have a difficult time finding a host i like on windows.

I would like to develop apps without thinking too much about the platform hence the question. What do you guys think about ASP.NET future on linux? Do you think its going to catch on and more then 25% of linux (shared) host supporting ASP or do you think ASP.NET will be on windows for a much longer time before anything will happen?

Tooling and support has been steadily improving for many years now but the hosting community has been very slow to adopt mono and provide preconfigured mono hosting environments.

There are very few providers who already support this. The mono project keeps a small list here: http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_ASP.NET#Hosting

Having said that, it is simple to create your own hosting environment for Mono if you use either a dedicated server or a shared virtual server. There are plenty of hosting providers who will give you root access to a Virtual Linux host for prices comparable to shared hosting providers.

In answer to your question, there is not going to be 25% of shared hosting providers offering mono on Linux anytime soon. It would be nice but it's not going to happen. There are however, good alternatives.

If you get a private server instead of relying on shared hosting you'll like what the mono-project can run as an ASP.NET app. But for shared hosting most providers will find the process to be difficult to limit and thus share fairly.