Note:
 All major Linux enterprise distributions are Linux Standard Base (LSB) 
1.3 certified. Also, the LSB 2.0 specification has been approved and 
published. Enterprise distribution compliance with the 2.0 standard should 
then soon follow.
Most of these standardization efforts were focused on low level functionality and 
standardization of the file system layout, a new printing architecture, stabilization 
or creation of APIs for clustering and high availability, and to make sure that 
programs from independent software vendors (ISVs) are binary compatible 
between different Linux distributions.
With Linux entering the desktop market, one has to go up much higher in the 
solution stack and consider user interfaces, multimedia (video, audio), mobile 
computing, security (data encryption, key management), calendaring, directory 
services, and also hardware issues. For example, the following HW/device 
standardization issues are currently presenting challenges:
ACPI
Bluetooth
Infrared
USB
IEEE1394
Wireless
TV cards
Smartcards 
It can be quite difficult in some areas to accomplish this, since many hardware 
vendors do not publish their specifications or make Open Source drivers 
available (for example, for wireless or 3D graphics cards). 
From a standardization point of view, the Linux desktop is currently a very fast 
moving target. A lot of development is occurring that can change the desktop 
 landscape . For example:
New X server extensions and modularization
NoMachine (X protocol compression technology)
Cairo (vector graphics system)
  With X, OpenGL, Postscript/PDF output
HAL (hardware abstraction layer)
GStreamer (streaming media framework)
D BUS (message bus system)
GNOME/KDE (component based desktop environments)
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