Linux Foundation Releases AppChecker

      by Wyatt Walter

The Linux Foundation has released a beta of what some are calling the next killer application in Linux development. The application is called “AppChecker” and is a tool to help Linux software developers to check their applications for cross-distro compatibility. According to the Linux Foundation, its features are:

1. Checks for cross-distro portability and gives a good indication of how well the app may perform on various distributions of Linux”
2. “Gives guidance for application developers on how to enhance the portability of their applications”
3. “Gives a good indication of how close the app is to LSB certification”

The application will run your new binaries through a test to see which libraries are required and give a report on the compatibility of your application on different distributions.

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