Canonical Announces Ubuntu App Showdown

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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They have dropped the Quickly requirement

[Picass0]

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

Re:They have dropped the Quickly requirement

[Pecisk]

Yep, because while Quickly is nice, it's "one size fits all" thingy (if there ever is), and easiest way is to use Glade + Gedit/Geany/Anjuta (or Notepad++, if Windows is your thing).

Anyway, this is good contest. Python with GTK+ is something really nice, and while it has some shortcomings, beginners can very easy start to hack nice looking apps using them.

Re:Thanks Canonical

[rubycodez]

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

Re:Hopefully they start selling apps soon

[Merk42]

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

Re:Cheap labor

[Exrio]

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.

Real Relatives Use Linux

[Foresto]

That's a bit pessimistic, don't you think? My mom uses linux and has far fewer troubles than she did when she was using Windows. Face it: most of what our relatives do with their computers takes place within a web browser, and browsers behave pretty much the same on linux as they do on other operating systems.

Re:Hopefully they start selling apps soon

[mister_playboy]

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.