title: Linux library naming conventions: Capitalization?
body: <p>When looking at the libraries in <code>/usr/lib/</code>, one noticed that almost all <code>lib*.so</code> files aren't capitalized even if the official library name is, e.g.,</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>BLAS: <code>libblas.so</code>,</li>
  <li>cURL: <code>libcurl.so</code>,</li>
  <li>BFD: <code>libbfd.so</code>.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Is there a Linux or Unix convention that prescribes having library names in lowercase?</p>