Linux Standard Base

Article summary

The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to standardize the software system structure, including the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. LSB was based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification (SUS), and several other open standards, but extended them in certain areas. According to LSB: The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of open standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant system even in binary form. In addition, the LSB will help coordinate efforts to recruit software vendors to port and write products for Linux Operating Systems. LSB compliance might be certified for a product by a certification procedure. LSB specified standard libraries (centered around the ), a number of commands and utilities that extend the POSIX standard, the layout of the file system hierarchy, run levels, the printing system, including spoolers such as CUPS and tools like Foomatic, and several extensions to the X Window System. It also specified boot facilities, such as $local_fs, $network, which were used to indicate service dependencies in System V-style initialization scripts.…

Key claims

1. release date: 2002-01-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2002-06-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2002-12-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2004-08-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2005-03-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. release date: 2005-07-01 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. release date: 2005-10-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. release date: 2008-01-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. release date: 2008-11-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. release date: 2011-02-16 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the release date is "2002-01-22". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2002-06-28". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2002-12-17". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2004-08-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2005-03-11". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the release date is "2005-07-01". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the release date is "2005-10-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the release date is "2008-01-28". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the release date is "2008-11-11". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the release date is "2011-02-16". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
14. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365757564