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Four Linux Vendors Agree On An LSB Implemenation

Posted by timothy on from the choosing-lunch-is-much-more-difficult dept.

An anonymous reader submits a link to this story at Linuxlookup.com which says that "Connectiva, Mandrakesoft, Progeny and Turbolinux today announce the creation of a common implementation of the LSB 2.0 which will serve as the base for future products. The project, called 'Linux Core Consortium' (LCC), is backed by Linux supporters such as Computer Associates, HP, Novell, Red Hat, Sun, OSDL, and the Free Standards Group."

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  1. What LSB is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What is the LSB Project?

    The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of binary standards that will increase compatibility among Linux systems (and other similar systems), and enable software applications to run on any conforming system. In addition, the LSB will help coordinate efforts to recruit software vendors to port and write products for such systems.

    What Does LSB Stand For?

    The acronym LSB stands for Linux Standard Base. A key goal that led to the formation of the LSB project was to try to prevent the divergence of Linux-based systems, thus a name indicating base functionality for Linux. Note that the project prefers the use of the acronym LSB over the spelled-out Linux Standard Base to reduce the misconception that this is a Linux-only standard (see next question).

    source: LSB faq

    Was that difficult? No.

  2. mandrake link by falkryn · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can also go here:

    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n =/mandrakesoft/actions/2522

    and here:

    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/lcc/faq