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Linux Foundation Promises LSB4

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the making-it-easier-to-like-us dept.

gbjbaanb writes "Ever thought it was difficult to write software for Linux? For multiple distros? InternetNews reports that the LSB is making a push for their next release (due out later this year) that should help make all that much easier. Although the LSB has not lived up to expectations, this time around Linux has a higher profile and ISVs are more interested. This is to help persuade them to develop applications that will run on any LSB-compliant Linux distribution. If it gets adopted, LSB 4 could bring a new wave of multidistribution Linux application development. 'It is critically important for Linux to have an easy way for software developers to write to distro "N," whether it's Red Hat, Ubuntu or Novell,' [said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.] 'The reason you need that is because we don't want what happened to Unix to happen to Linux in terms of fragmentation.' The LSB defines a core set of APIs and libraries, so ISVs can develop and port applications that will work on LSB-certified Linux distributions."

6 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. Re:/etc still gets too big! by XanC · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have been mentioning this for years

    Yes, I've seen you post here often!

  2. Re:Mutation != Evolution by marco.antonio.costa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, but when expressing inequality != is the correct operator.

    You're not really a programmer, security, please escort this gentleman to Digg, please. :-)

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  3. Re:What did happen to UNIX? by nawcom · · Score: 3, Funny

    What makes you think what happened to UNIX was bad? It's called evolution.

    I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH YOU! Linux, SunOS, Solaris (Not an evolved SunOS!), BSD, etc were magically created out of... erm.. random bits generated from some pseudo-random generator in DigiGod's image. Proof? DigiBless.com

    </satire>

  4. Needs a code name by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every project needs a code name. For this, I propose "Bullwinkle", and their slogan can be "This time for sure!".

  5. Re:What did happen to UNIX? by XnavxeMiyyep · · Score: 2, Funny

    If that's Unix_history-simple.svg (which it is), I'd hate to see Unix_history-complex.svg.

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  6. Re:Didn't we try this once? by Knuckles · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ubuntu will grumble that they just made Apt and Deb simple enough for everyone to use

    Come again?

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