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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. They have dropped the Quickly requirement by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/06/ubuntu-app-showdown-no-longer-requires-quickly/

  2. Re:Thanks Canonical by rubycodez · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it requires Unity, it can stay on Ubuntu and nothing of value will be lost or hampered. Unity, like the MS Ribbon but with darker clown barf