Zenguin Launches Linux Application Installer Development.Zenguin Inc has launched a project to develop a user-friendly application installer for Linux. The Oakland, California-based company hopes to accommodate the differences between the various Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. . "The Zenguin Installer will make it easy to install
applications on any major version of the Linux operating system,"
explained president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Scott McNeil - and yes, that's the same
Scott McNeil who was last seen handling strategic alliances for the
North American North Americannamed after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. arm of German Linux distributor SuSE (CI No 3,493). Demand for Linux desktop applications is up, and subtle differences between installation scripts, file system structures and libraries means application developers have to settle on a single distribution or support multiple versions of their software. Even so, Zenguin's Installer may only have a brief window of opportunity. The Linux Standard Base See LSB. (LSB (Linux Standard Base) A standard interface (ABI) for Linux from the Linux Foundation (www.linux-foundation.org). Introduced in 2001 by the Free Standards Group, which later became the Linux Foundation, applications based on the LSB standard will run properly under ) project is a specification designed to eliminate precisely those differences between distributions that prevent applications from running. When all the Linuxes are binary-compatible, Zenguin may have to find another vacant niche in the increasingly crowded open source software community. |
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