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Canonical Announces Ubuntu App Showdown

Posted by Soulskill on from the pistol-based-apps-not-welcome dept.

alphadogg writes "Linux developers will soon have a chance to compete for prizes of laptops and smartphones, thanks to Canonical's announcement this week of the Ubuntu App Showdown contest. Developers will have from June 18 until July 9 — a total of three weeks — to create an app using Canonical's Quickly development tool, which combines Python and GTK into a single Ubuntu-centric package. The resulting apps will be judged by a five-member panel, with the developers of the top three receiving new Nokia N9 smartphones."

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  1. Re:Hopefully they start selling apps soon by Merk42 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can sell apps on the Ubuntu Software Center and have been able to for some time.

  2. Re:Cheap labor by Exrio · · Score: 3, Informative

    You know that the app you submit for the contest doesn't have to be free as in beer, right? The only requirement is that it's open source, but it can be paid-for (to be sold at the Ubuntu Software Centre). The rules explicitly say this.

  3. Re:Hopefully they start selling apps soon by mister_playboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you used the Software Center in 12.04? I think it's both easy to navigate and slick looking. There amount of things available for purchase have increased greatly over the last two releases.

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