Take the 2-minute tour ×  I was reading about the Linux Standard
Base and was wondering if the structure used in Ubuntu is the
same that is suggested in the LSB. I know some distros do not
follow or do some changes to the LSB, so I also want to know if
Ubuntu has some changes, and what changes these are.
share|improve this question Which version of Ubuntu, or just in
general? –  david6 Dec 20 '11 at 4:04 In general. But since am
starting to ask since 11.10 I would start from 11.10 onwards. – 
Luis Alvarado Dec 20 '11 at 4:10  2 Answers 2  up vote 8 down
vote accepted  For 11.10 and 12.04 the Linux Standard base
version is 4.0, as noted on Launchpad. As explained at the Linux
Foundation, LSB is   The LSB specification outlines standards
for many things such as the filesystem, core libraries and key
functions such as libc system calls. It also specifies software
packaging standards and that a distribution must support the rpm
standard even if its default package system does not use the rpm
system.  The specifi