Articles - LSB

In another step towards general release, the first beta of Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0 was released today. LSB 4.0 will introduce a new application checker, a new shell script checker, and a new multi-version software development kit (SDK) that will enable developers to build applications to earlier LSB specifications without changing SDKs.

It's easy to understand why compatibility between different operating systems is a complicated procedure.

Once the decision is made to port to the LSB what needs to be done next? There is some setup involved to port to the LSB. The steps involved in setting up are:

The coming of the next version of the Linux Standard Base will bring a lot of interesting new features, one of which will be the addition of a cryptographic library that independent software vendors will be able to utilize for their applications.

The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the first Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit. The summit is a unique opportunity for end users to learn and interact with leaders from within the Linux community, including the highest level maintainers and developers.

Amidst the halls of a former seminary built in the 19th Century, the future of 21st technology was explored in the 2008 Linux Foundation End User Summit.The Desmond Tutu Center in Manhattan might seem like an unlikely venue for Linux developers and end users to congregate, but the updated facility's nooks and crannies proved a good place for lots of impromptu discussions between Summit attendees.

"Standing at the headwaters of the ecosystem that is Linux is the Linux Foundation and its executive director Jim Zemlin. The Linux Foundation was forged out of the merger of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group in 2007 as a new group with a new mandate for Linux..."

Porting to the LSB is similar to porting from one OS to another. It does have some more benefits which make it better. If the hardware (ie x86 or PPC for instance) is the same there would be no need to recompile and link as the binaries will run. This is the goal of the LSB. Then why have to port? Would it be good to only have one source base from which the application can be built for several different target OS's? It certainly would. It would make maintaining code easier. So what things ... [more]

Our own Ted T'so is interviewed about the Linux Standard Base, our favorite topic!"James Turner: Okay; why don't we talk a little bit about the Linux Standard Base? Why don't you first of all start by describing exactly what it is?