An industry group releases the first version of a standard designed to make it easier to write Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of it work similarly. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

The latest Linux Standard Base specifications have been released, allowing open-source vendors and developers to maintain easy portability and compatibility among software applications for Linux. In ...

An industry group has released the first version of a standard designed to make it easier to write Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of Linux work similarly. With Windows, ...

The pre-built Linux Kubuntu Focus Iridium laptop line is an unexpectedly good alternative to running any Linux operating system on converted Windows PCs. Born almost five years ago, Focus Computers ...

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The release of the Linux Standards Base (LSB) 1.1, endorsed Thursday at LinuxWorld Expo by leading OEMs and Linux distribution vendors, may entice holdouts in the desktop and enterprise application ...

Theoretically when you write a GUI-based application for Linux there are standards to follow, with these all neatly documented over at the Freedesktop website. However, in reality, Freedesktop is more ...