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Designing Good Linux Applications

Posted by michael on from the not-an-oxymoron dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "A guy from IBM's Linux Impact Team in Brazil has written a guest column on Linux and Main describing how applications should integrate with Linux. It's Red Hat-centric, but there is a lot of material about the FHS and LSB that most users probably don't know."

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  1. It would be cool if Compaq had such a team... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...'cos the common abbreviation for a Compaq Linux Impact Team would be interesting.

    (Apologies in advance to all /. readers who have no Y chromosone and/or who don't appreciate South Park-style humour.)

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  2. The quote of the moment by Faux_Pseudo · · Score: 4, Funny
    That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers. - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle in "Oath of Fealty"

    That is what I found in the fortune at the bottem of the this thread.

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  3. Designing Linux Applications by zapfie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Designing good Linux applications is easy as 1, 2, 3. Just follow these simple steps.

    1) Command line only. We all know real users only use command line.
    2) Don't comment your source code. Ever. It just wastes valuable programming time.
    3) No installation/usage documentation. If they deserved to use your app, they can go figure it out themselves. What are you, tech support?

    If you follow these simple instructions, you are guaranteed a rabid cult following, or at the very least a feeling of superiority over your users.
    </sarcasm>

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