courtesy when porting projects from on to on : Checklist items to tick ASP.NET MySql .NET Windows Mono.NET Ubuntu linux Since is , make sure that in . Better, keep them in . Mysql more case-sensitive on Linux [Database=](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26457971/2404470) names matches with actual database names connection strings lowercase Make sure that since MySql 5.6+ is installed the default command [sudo apt-get install mysql-server](http://xameeramir.github.io/install-mysql-ubuntu-linux/) installs version 5.5 The version of MySql on and shall match Ubuntu Linux Windows MySql v5.5 tables doesn’t support and features, upgrade from it FULLTEXT indices CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Originally published at xameeramir.github.io .