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Linux Standard Effort Edges Ahead

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-some-definition-of-ahead dept.

ErikPeterson writes "The Free Standards Group has released its third version of the Linux Standard Base, an effort to unify some of the workings of the open-source operating system. The LSB is designed to make it easier for those producing higher-level software to support different versions of Linux. Pledges to conform to the requirements of Version 3 are Red Hat, Novell's Suse Linux, Asianux and Debian."

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  1. Dupe? by gustgr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This was posted just 2 days ago. Isn't exactly a dupe, but was really necessary to post this news about LSB? It is implicit that LSB 3.0 was released in that one.

    1. Re:Dupe? by SumDog · · Score: 1, Redundant

      Well to be fair, the last article talked about why LSB is awful and shouldn't be implemented. This article mentions the other side of it. You're right it's not exactly a dupe, but then again, there's nothing really new here.

  2. Not just standards by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How about unification? ONE linux distro to rule them all! Then Bill Gates will have to find a volcanoe to toss it into if he ever hopes Windows to compete against Linux again.

    As long as there are 20+ different distributions of Linux and multiple agencies claiming they are defining Linux standards, Linux will never compete outright against Windows.

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    I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.
  3. Re:Standards by sloanster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    LOL, I haven't compiled a kernel in years, I've been using vendor distro, and as it turns out, they supply a kernel.

    Apparently my time has even greater value than yours. I don't use ms windoze because I can't be bothered futzing around with constant virus updates, spyware removal, "hot fixes", reboots etc. With Linux, I just get the job done, and don't have to spend any time or effort trying to keep the whole thing afloat as would be the case with ms windoze.

    Agreed, the mac mini is nice. I bought a mini a few months ago, and while it's a cool toy, there's no way it could replace suse linux as my primary platform - YMMV.