Standards are often taken for granted though they are not easy to achieve.
This thought was the result of an unexpected weekend project where the kitchen sink faucet decided to spring a leak. While I am no Joe the Plumber, I decided to save some time and money and fix the problem myself.
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Working On the Railroad
Community-cation: A Look Back at Week 41, 2008
A lot of work has been done behind the scenes this week for the End User Summit in New York next week. Thanks to the talented people working on the show, I think it will be an excellent event. This is not, mind you, self-promotion--they've put me in charge of the slide shows, which shows my co-workers know how to best utilize me. :)
Community-cation: A Look Back at Week 40, 2008
Here in the US, it's been an interesting week in the financial and government worlds. And I mean "interesting" in the Chinese-curse sense of that word. Like most folks in the country, I've been watching the news with one eye on politics and the other on the ticker tape. Lost in some of the conflaguation of news was the announcement of our new event, LinuxCon, scheduled for September 2009 in Portland, Oregon.
LSB Transparency
A lot of folks have been asking me what's going on with me on LDN, since they haven't seen me writing very much online. The truth is, I have veen writing, a lot. It's been mostly e-mails, telling people what's going on with LDN, getting things organized, plotting the next phase of my plans to rule the-- er, provide a high-quality resource for Linux developers.
Digging Into the LDN
So, having made it through the launch of LDN yesterday, I thought it would be nice to take a step back and point out what is the coolest functionality of the new site: the Linux Application Checker. This thing, I have to say, is one sweet application.
Analyst Report: New LF Testing Standards May Accelerate Linux Data Center Growth
Nice reaction from our press release on the LSB update and new testing tools available here. My favorite from SearchEnterpriseLinux:
According to a report from Saugatuck Technology Inc., new testing standards contained in the latest version of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) server specification could boost the confidence of IT managers looking to integrate Linux applications into their data centers.
The research report is titled: New Testing Standards May Accelerate Linux Data Center Growth
LSB Distribution Testing — How To
Jeff Licquia writes up how to test a distribution in this blog post.
Installation directories
The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) is part of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) specifications, and does a pretty good job of laying out where software should be installed, depending on whether the files are coming from the distribution vendor, ISV, or they’re installed by the local admin.
For instance, distributions should install software under /usr. If you’re administering a Linux system and want to install packages from source, they should be installed under /usr/local, and ISVs should install software under /opt.
But, there are times when it’s not crystal clear where software should be installed. For example, where do browser plugins live? This topic came up recently on the lsb-discuss mailing list.
If you’re confused by the finer details of the FHS, there’s also a fhs-discuss mailing list for questions about the FHS, and you might also be able to find good tips in ...