Linuxlookup.com is reporting 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. All details are in the press-release.
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this time around.
Given the important role that Progeny’s componentized linux is having as a cradle for other distributions, the large market presence of the combined distributions and the stated support of Red Hat and Novell for this initiative, the Linux Core Consortium promises to be everything that United Linux wasn’t.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/briefs?n=/mandrakesoft/ac…
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/lcc/faq
My hope is that Novell and Red Hat not only state their support for the initiative, but that they go on to become members of the LCC. If they do, they will truly show that their corporate outlook is one of competing on the merits of their respective solutions and not one of trying to lock in customers by making software difficult to install on other distributions.
I really, really hope that both Novell and Red Hat take the high road on this one. It would be an awesome way to start 2005.
The LSB hasn’t exactly turned the world upside-down so far. This sounds much more useful. Just so long as it doesn’t crowbar compatible distros into being an army of clones.
If it means companies can comfortably start selling software as “Linux compatible” then I’m all for it. As long as Debian support it.
Sorry Mike,
With all due respect, I personally believe that Debian will not migrate over to LSB. Debian has a long history of doing things their way. Not that it is a bad thing but its just not the Debian way.
” I personally believe that Debian will not migrate over to LSB. Debian has a long history of doing things their way”
debian has been following LSB 1.1 and the latest testing release follows 2.0 closely. better look things uo
Note that “supports LSB” doesn’t mean “uses RPM”. LSB packages are in RPM format, and you must support the installation of LSB packages. Debian supports that, as well as the rest of LSB 1.1 (and a lot of 2.0).