Praise for the Linux Standard Base-built software community? And community-built standards are two sides of same coin. The LSB is an important set of standards for the Linux community.? Behlendorf? Brian, Apache Software Foundation, CollabNet? With the recent success of the LSB and the adoption on a wide scale LSB standards, building standards-compliant applications have become easier and a much needed part of the development of Linux as a platform.? ? Jeffrey Hemos? Without the LSB, there would be no COE-certified Red Hat products today.? Tiemann? Michael, Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat, Inc.? As an active member of the LSB, SUSE LINUX is committed both to providing customers with Linux technology standards and simplify the ISV? S and ihv business? Linux certification. The availability of common standards plays an important role in the development of the Linux operating system and applications on servers and client systems worldwide, and we appreciate the LSB project.? Work in developing and promoting standards? Rex? Markus, general manager for Novell's SUSE LINUX? We are very pleased to see the progress of LSB, both in standard definition and broad support. LSB is an important part of our strategy and MandrakeSoft will continue to support the efforts of LSB to define standard ABI and encourage ISVs to build and certification to this standard.? Bancilhon? Francois, Chief Executive Officer, MandrakeSoft? The launch of the LSB is an important development for the Linux community. Sun Wah Linux is excited about this phenomenon and is dedicated to supporting the LSB? Business and the future.? ? Alex flood plains, CEO, Sun Wah Linux, PRC An initiative of the Free Standards Group, Linux Standard Base (LSB) is a set of standards designed to increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable applications to run on any LSB-compliant systems. for Linux platform much the same way they already do for Windows. Written by the team that created the LSB, Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base shows developers how to create, test and certification software for LSB 2.0 compliance. Coverage includes LSB coding practices of software packaging and installation issues of UNIX-to-Linux migration tips Tests for Linux distributions and applications for LSB compatibility Examples of applications using the LSB standard relevant to Linux