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Linux Foundation launches killer development tool

linux.com — Ask any independent software vendor what he hates most about developing for Linux and he'll tell you that it's having to develop for SUSE and for Red Hat and for Ubuntu and ... you get the idea. The Linux Foundation has just released a beta of a new program, Linux Application Checker (AppChecker), that's going to make ISVs and other programmers sta

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  • inactive, on 08/08/2008, -3/+27I've been wanting to try doing something like this for a while, but on a simpler scale. I'm glad someone else decided to do it, especially someone as big and important as the LSB.

    Oh and wow - Nothing to do with Hans Rieser, About Linux, On the frontpage, with "Killer" in the title. I thought it'd never happen again.
  • slugicide, on 08/08/2008, -0/+19So no more, "Please have a .deb, please have a .deb, please have a .deb..."?
  • sockpuppets, on 08/08/2008, -2/+19Is it ReiserFS?
  • alexforcefive, on 08/08/2008, -0/+14and the bit where you google the error message >.>
  • arjie, on 08/08/2008, -0/+13The bit where you forgot ./configure perhaps? ;)
  • m0zzie, on 08/08/2008, -0/+13you are sick.

    I laughed.
  • td001, on 08/08/2008, -0/+11but a wise-man once told me.. "make.. make install.. what so hard that!!??" :)
  • goldsaturn, on 08/08/2008, -0/+9But... Will it make ebuilds?
  • inactive, on 08/08/2008, -2/+11sudo apt-get install linux-ftw
  • evilgourmet, on 08/08/2008, -2/+9Yeah, because everyone that uses Microsoft buys all their software. Look at the list of pirated MS software on piratebay, significantly longer than the *nix list.

    I bought a COBOL compiler when I was at DeVry (they required that we learned COBOL) and I bought the Linux version. I bought Quake3 for Linux as well, and you got the metal box, not cardboard.



  • inkubux, on 08/08/2008, -2/+91. Make this a webservice
    2. Integrate the webservice in Ajunta, Monodevelop, Kdevelop etc.
    3. ...
    4. Profit
  • inactive, on 08/08/2008, -2/+9***** you, two of my friends died while using that meme.
  • sausman, on 08/08/2008, -0/+7no one died laughing at your comment
  • Vadi0, on 08/07/2008, -4/+11This is indeed killer, and it's about time this was made.
  • newl, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6The killer development tool(s) (vi|vim|emacs) and gcc. :)
  • maninalift, on 08/08/2008, -0/+6Yes, Soviet Russia collapsed because they didn't have standardized package names.
  • slugicide, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6Failed meme failed.
  • loki49152, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6Mono?

    Go sit in the corner.
  • maninalift, on 08/08/2008, -0/+5There's always a .deb
  • salmonmoose, on 08/08/2008, -1/+6No.

    Even as recent convert I can see it's not.

    If anything it's the time of Apple, as people willingly buy into a system more restrictive than anything MS ever produced.

    Once the wolf bites back at the sheep (and you know it's coming) then is the time for linux to really make an impact.
  • maninalift, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4Everyone likes screenshots, even developers and even when they hold no useful information. It's just helps you to imagine using it which is comforting.
  • Peterix, on 08/08/2008, -0/+4And when there isn't one, it's trivial to make one.
    ./configure
    make
    checkinstall -D make install

    And you end up with a .deb
  • atdigg, on 08/08/2008, -1/+5that tool IS for developers...
  • santasing, on 08/08/2008, -0/+3Tell that to the software running the very site you are commenting on. Or just about 80% of the internet.
  • waydee, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Yeah that metal box was sweet.
  • maximallimit, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2It was about time
  • maninalift, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2It's a pain when software (eg Matlab) bypasses the whole packaging system and does a userspace-install.
  • ptFoe, on 08/08/2008, -3/+5as usual no bloody screenshots showing how it looks like

    Linux journalists just don't get it, like Linux developers
  • sx66gns, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2This is fantastic , really.

    Thank you mister write a cool thing cause it help everyone out guy.
  • td001, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2yeah.. right. ;)
  • evilgourmet, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3Don't forget when you have to code in all the dependencies, to match the way they are on your distribution.
  • Excessive, on 08/08/2008, -1/+3it's better when its manual.

    wget ftp://windozsucks.com/linux-ftw.tar.gz
    tar xvf linux-ftw.tar.gz
    cd linux-ftw
    ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-bla
    make; make install
  • WiseWeasel, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1@salmonmoose: Give me one example of how Mac OS X is more restrictive for Mac users than Windows is for PC users. It's going to take an awfully convincing example to outdo Windows Genuine (dis)Advantage and driver signing requirements...
  • Crucifix, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1They're on the right track with this, but still a long way before I would ever consider going back to development on Linux/Unix platforms (outside of Java).
  • savantelite, on 08/10/2008, -0/+1I don't even know what this is
  • santasing, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Tell that to RedHat or Novell.
  • WiseWeasel, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Because POSIX is incredibly barebones, and does not include any kind of GUI or Linux kernel APIs, and so it's not too useful for developers targetting Linux in particular. POSIX is great for daemons and CLI apps, but for anything more complex than that, you need to use a set of rich frameworks in Linux which are not commonly present in BSD, OS X, Solaris or Cygwin, where some standards are definitely needed among different distros to ensure binary compatibility.
  • santasing, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Mono, no thanks. I just boot into Windows when I need to get Windows functionality.
  • Excessive, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1damn you for gentoo reference. dugg.
  • JonForTheWin, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Could be useful. It's usually not that hard to make packages though once you've done it once.
  • magamiako, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Why don't they just standardize on an install process and FS layout?
  • duckyinc, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1What? An AppChecker is a killer tool? Most of the developers try it on different OS anyway.
  • arcticblue, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1It would never happen. As much as I'd like to see it happen, all you'd hear is the old "choice is better" mantra. In some cases, choice IS better (like KDE or Gnome), but alot of the time it's just someone's justification for his/her pet project. No one wants to improve upon someone else's work. Everyone thinks their own way is the best. The fact that this is even possible Linux's greatest strength, but also its greatest weakness.

    Also, I'm a little drunk right now so my thoughts probably didn't flow too gracefully. I'm sure you understand what I'm trying to say though. Fill in the "fluff" yourself to make it sound better.
  • Vadi0, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1Actually, their support email ends on .ru and a Vladimir replied to my email. x)
  • LastDitchHero, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0So, you don't use Tomboy, Banshee, or Gnome-Do?
  • renegadeafk, on 08/08/2008, -3/+3only when it says ubuntu in the title
  • tehmoth, on 08/08/2008, -0/+0dumb. this is for *Linux* Standard Base, not real Unix standards like SUSv3. This is for linux operating systems, not *nix-like systems.
  • santasing, on 08/08/2008, -3/+3It has been the year of Linux since forever now. Its not the year of Linux for people who love to be shafted.
  • td001, on 08/08/2008, -2/+1absolutely freakin ACE!!!
  • Albumen, on 08/08/2008, -3/+2Yeah. 10 minutes using vi and you want to kill yourself or someone else!!!
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