linux application development

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.

Internet News: "LSB 4.0, set for release by the end of this year, could be the catalyst that enables independent software vendors, or ISVs TERM (define), 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."

InternetNews talks to the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin about LSB 4.0.

"Not all Linux distributions are made with the same components, which can make it difficult for software developers to write applications for multiple Linux distributions.

That's where the Linux Standards Base (LSB) comes into play. For years the LSB has not quite lived up to its full potential.

That could all change with the upcoming LSB 4.0 release.