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.

Upon examination the Linux Standard Base, in the currently released form, is missing one large camp of developers and applications—namely Java. That’s not to say you can’t run Java applications on essentially every Linux distribution. What it does say is there is no “LSB certified” offering for developers to target, giving them 100% confidence that their application will run as they intend it to.

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.

I am pleased to announce the availability of LSB 4.0 Beta 2. We are continuing to use the previously-announced beta page for accessing information on the LSB 4.0 beta program.  That page can be found at: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/LSB_4.0_Beta You can view and download the specification from there, or download our test suites, Software Development Kit, and Sample Implementation. The improvements in LSB 4.0 can be found in our preliminary release notes:... [more]

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

"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..."