From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:m2l9b2p3gfcquonoibv88agpjb4au04311{at}4ax.com...
>>Linux is a Gerneric Name. It covers many versions of the operating
>>system. And as is noted they are NOT universaly compatable. The
>>Application software must be compiled for each different distribution
>>unless they are Very closely related.
>
>   The number of Linux distributions is mind boggling.  Is there any push
> for a Linux x86 'binary standard' to eliminate this?

There are things like LSB (http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB), but I
haven't the faintest clue as to how efficient they've been.


Antti Kurenniemi

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