Linux lab looks to bridge dueling interfaces
The Open Source Developer Labs is previewing work that attempts to make life easier for software companies by bridging GNOME and KDE, the two competing graphical interfaces most widely used with Linux.
The effort, called Project Portland, began showing its first software tools on Tuesday in conjunction with this week's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here. Using them, a software company can write a single software package that works using either of the prevailing graphical interfaces.
OSDL and a cooperating group called Freedesktop.org that's already working on unifying interface issues plan to release a beta version of the software in May and version 1.0 in June. Ultimately, advocates hope it will be part of a larger but separate effort called the Linux Standard Base, which is designed to make the operating system easier on software companies.
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