Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base (Ibm Press)
by Linux Standard Base Team
Sales Rank: 1486843
Discount: 22 % $1.99 At Amazon
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: IBM Press; Har/Com edition November 8, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131456954
ISBN-13: 978-0131456952
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
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An initiative of the Free Standards Group, the 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 system. The advent of LSB 2.0 is revolutionary in that it allows ISVs to create “shrink-wrapped software” for the Linux platform much in 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 certify software for LSB 2.0 compliance. The book’s hands-on approach lets readers quickly understand how to write Linux applications that are portable across multiple distributions, including those from SuSE, Mandrake, and Solaris. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full LSB 2.0 specification and the sample program files used in the book.
Coverage includes
LSB coding practices
Software packing and installation issues
UNIX-to-Linux migration tips
Testing Linux distribution and applications for LSB compatibility
Examples of applications using the LSB
Relevant standards for Linux
About The Author
The book’s authors are all core members of the Linux Standard Base team, the group responsible for creating the LSB specification.
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Customer Reviews & Comments
This is definitely not a fun book. The topic is pretty dry all on it's own but the authors here didn't help matters much. It's a clinical work on the fundamentals of the LSB at the code level. There is some information on the organization of the committee and the current status of the standards. The information is well organized and the coverage is thorough and timely. I can only fault the book for it's tone. So I'm going to give it a reasonable ranking. I wouldn't buy this book unless you need to. It's not a fun weekend read.
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