While 666 means the mark of the beast, 6 symbolically means incompetence because according to the great book, 7 is the perfect number, Genesis 2:3, Psalms 12:6, 2 Kings 5:10,14. And 6 repeated 3 times means only 1 thing... Incompetence repeated 3 times. So I proposed upon reaching Ubuntu 7.07, that we must be full compliance among all Linux distributions, particularly in LSB, OSI, and <a href="http://Freedesktop.org">Freedesktop.org</a>. To sum up if all of these compliance test meets Ubuntu, I have some details. LSB: According to <a href="http://www.freestandards.org/en/Products">http://www.freestandards.org/en/Products</a>, Ubuntu isn't in the list yet, and it is found in the Planned certification status. <a href="http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB_Distribution_Status"> http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB_Distribution_Status</a>, to sum up, Ubuntu is not yet certified. Failed. OSI: This is not the "please-do-not-take-sally's-pantie-away" layers. This is the Open Source Initiative. Evidently, Ubuntu have done a strict compliance with this, by not including non open source codecs, libraries, and application.. to sum up, Passed! <a href="http://Freedesktop.org">Freedesktop.org</a>: This is really a tough compliance standards, since there's alot of specifications and some of the applications haven't meet those specifications. Gladly, there are areas where Ubuntu have done great in implementations, like Fontconfig, Xft, RandR, Cairo, DRI & Mesa, Translation, Modularization, and Docbook. But there's still alot of exciting standards that Ubuntu can meet, notably, XCB as a replacement of Xlib, Color Management & Oyranos, and Project Portland. to sum up, Not graded. Please add up another Linux standards that may be planned upon compliance certification. Thank you for taking time to read my mail. Regards, Joel