The New Linux Developer Network

Let’s take a trip down Memory Lane, shall we?

Back when we were still the Free Standards Group and OSDL, the FSG side of the house was hard at work on a developer portal that would help new Linux developers learn what they needed to write applications for Linux.  We eventually did a release, but it didn’t have many of the features we wanted, and integration with the tools we provide in the LSB was spotty and hard to use.  One thing led to another; the merger happened, and for a while, we were busy with lots of other important things, and the LDN fell by the wayside.

I’m glad to report that’s changed.

We’ve hired a new guy to run the LDN, Brian Proffitt.  He’s been hard at work since the moment he started, asking lots of questions and building a new infrastructure in an amazing amount of time.  And now, you can see the results of his initial work.

This is only the beginning.  If you’ve been following the LSB 4 developments, you’ve probably noticed that much of the work involves bringing up-to-date results and the latest information about the Linux platform to developers as they’re working.  In future phases, we hope to hook those tools into the LDN, so developers can have up-to-the-minute information without requiring every-minute releases.

Go check it out.