Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-02 Thread John R Pierce
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Sure, it will make the transition smoother for gamers, sound engineers, etc who need those extra drivers, but how would it work for the different distro's? I mean, if we have CentOS LSB, and the directory & file structure is standard complaint, does it mean other distro's wi

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Nicholas wrote: Its not a matter of licensing. Since the days of various Linux distros, coming up with diff schemes made it difficult for developers to target a Linux. Hence the need to give the source, go compile in your own system mentality. This puts off many non techie ppl. Just imagine

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Nicholas
;) Yes, thats another problem. Les Mikesell wrote: Nicholas wrote: Its not a matter of licensing. Since the days of various Linux distros, coming up with diff schemes made it difficult for developers to target a Linux. Hence the need to give the source, go compile in your own system mentali

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Les Mikesell
Nicholas wrote: Its not a matter of licensing. Since the days of various Linux distros, coming up with diff schemes made it difficult for developers to target a Linux. Hence the need to give the source, go compile in your own system mentality. This puts off many non techie ppl. Just imagine

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Nicholas
Its not a matter of licensing. Since the days of various Linux distros, coming up with diff schemes made it difficult for developers to target a Linux. Hence the need to give the source, go compile in your own system mentality. This puts off many non techie ppl. Just imagine when a driver or

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: Sorry to ask this, but what exactly is the LSB? What will CentOS (and probably) the community gain from it? I mean, apart from RedHat Enterprise, Suse Enterpise and the other commercial Linux's, most other linuxes are not certified AFAIK. I kno

RE: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Sorry to ask this, but what exactly is the LSB? What will CentOS (and > probably) the community gain from it? I mean, apart from RedHat > Enterprise, Suse Enterpise and the other commercial Linux's, most other > linuxes are not certified AFAIK. > > I know CentOS stands out

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Nicholas wrote: Wow! Thats a lot of money. The Pass thru mentioned, does it also mean that payment need to be made? I wonder what is the purpose of them charging so much? Scott Silva wrote: on 6-18-2008 6:55 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: Nicholas wrote: Herrold, I meant RH, in

[CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-07-01 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-26-2008 11:40 PM Nicholas spake the following: Wow! Thats a lot of money. The Pass thru mentioned, does it also mean that payment need to be made? I wonder what is the purpose of them charging so much? That is probably their only source of income since they don't really "sell" or manuf

Re: [CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-06-26 Thread Nicholas
Wow! Thats a lot of money. The Pass thru mentioned, does it also mean that payment need to be made? I wonder what is the purpose of them charging so much? Scott Silva wrote: on 6-18-2008 6:55 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: Nicholas wrote: Herrold, I meant RH, in terms of the RHEL

[CentOS] Re: is CentOS an LSB certified product?

2008-06-18 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-18-2008 6:55 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: Nicholas wrote: Herrold, I meant RH, in terms of the RHEL distro. I look forward to have centos gain the LSB, what is needed for the pass thru? is the main CentOS community interested? As for the rest, thank you for the sharing of info