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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. Article Short on details by ezavada · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I didn't see much about what it would actually consist of. Does anyone have links to such info?

    Will this include glibc standardization?

  2. rpm vs. deb by 120duff978 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Over time, the LCC is committed to increasing interoperability between and Debian and RPM-based technologies and will work toward a common binary core that can form the basis of both Debian and RPM-based distributions.
    Well, this is definately a start in the right direction. Many of the really user friendly distro (ubunu, united, lindash) are all Debian based. Good to see that RPM maybe loosing it's popularity.
  3. Supported by Novell?? by a_karbon_devel_005 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The news brief says "Supported by ... Novell"... so why is SuSE Linux not included in this list?

  4. The Reference Unix by digitalhermit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've been a longtime SunOS/Solaris user. Recently I've been breaking AIX machines. One thing I've noticed recently is that Sun, IBM, and HP are starting to put GNU tools on their distributions. It's now common practice for a Linux compatibility layer or just ports of the regular GNU tools (including window managers, package managers, shells, etc..). This means that you can get the benefits of your underlying OS *and* have a unified and consistent interface. Though Linux may not be an *official* Unix, it is fast becoming the reference Unix.