Raspberry Pi Team Launches Pi Store

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Raspberry Pi Team Launches Pi Store

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 17, 2012 @03:23AM from the pay-and-play dept.

sfcrazy writes "Raspberry Pi developer team has introduced the Pi store, a place to get software for Raspberry Pi, in collaboration with IndieCity and Velocix. The team hopes that the store will become a one-stop-shop for Raspbian Pi users. The store already has 23 major applications available for users including LibreOffice and Asterisk. There are classic games like Freeciv and OpenTTD and Raspberry Pi exclusive Iridium Rising. The team also managed to get 'one piece of commercial content: the excellent Storm in a Teacup from Cobra Mobile.'"

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Store? How about a repository? by Dizzer · 2012-12-17 03:48 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why do you need an "App Store" clone for every OS now? How is this supposed to make sense for free software in a Debian based distribution? Why don't they just put that stuff into regular apt repo?
1. Re:Store? How about a repository? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 03:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  > apt-get pay
  E: Invalid operation pay
2. Re:Store? How about a repository? by Ginger+Unicorn · 2012-12-17 03:51 · Score: 2
  
  It's just a method of presentation that's familiar to casual users. It's not causing any harm if it doesn't hamper other choices.
  
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3. Re:Store? How about a repository? by serviscope_minor · 2012-12-17 03:58 · Score: 2
  
  Why do you need an "App Store" clone for every OS now?
  Excatly. Debian is very late to the party with one of these "App Stores". It's a pity because it's good to have access to a large, easy to install, curated repository of quality apps. I think it's sad that Debian deel the need to shamelessly copy Apple in this way.
  They could at least distinguish themselves by using a different name. Perhaps they could call them packages. Then they'd need some kind of Advanced Tool to install said Packages.
  
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Re:Wait, what?? by camperdave · 2012-12-17 03:48 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's not an Apple store. It's a Raspberry store. Furthermore, it's not a brick and mortar palace, but an online software repository. Besides, you're not locked in to using it, so no it is not completely contrary to the spirit of OSS. Anyone can "upload their own content for moderation and release".

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Re:Wait, what?? by PPH · 2012-12-17 03:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Where I used to work, using the verb "manage" was a sign of impending doom.

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Surely that should be... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 03:53 · Score: 3, Funny

"...Mrs Miggins' Pi Shop...." ?
Re:Wait, what?? by Revotron · 2012-12-17 03:54 · Score: 5, Insightful

Yes, because this absolutely, positively, most certainly prevents you from installing software from any other source.

Oh, wait, no it doesn't. All it does is allow you to download pre-compiled binaries from a central source. You are still able to pull the source code from the project and view/compile it yourself. So tell me, how does this violate the spirit of open source software? Or are you just inherently afraid of anything called an "App Store"?
Re:Wait, what?? by jones_supa · 2012-12-17 04:09 · Score: 2, Informative

I thought this was all about open source and stuff. Aren't these Apple Stores completely contrary to the spirit of OSS?
Then you are talking about freeware rather than open source.
Authentication by tepples · 2012-12-17 04:10 · Score: 2

Why don't they just put that stuff into regular apt repo?
Let me know when "regular apt repo" supports authentication, which would allow paid downloads of certain types of software that inherently don't mesh well with the free software movement or open source methodology.
Re:Wait, what?? by wonkey_monkey · 2012-12-17 04:13 · Score: 2

And by extension, I presume, so was the noun "manager."

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Re:Wait, what?? by itsdapead · 2012-12-17 05:02 · Score: 4, Interesting

I thought this was all about open source and stuff. Aren't these Apple Stores completely contrary to the spirit of OSS?
Yeah, but the Pi is all about getting kids to tweak and rewrite software, so unlike Apple they probably have a large, enticing "Get the source" button on every app...
Lets have a look.
Somewhere around here...
Where is it...
On LibreOffice surely, I know that's LGPL...
You may not modify or redistribute this content.
Oh dear...
Never mind, they must be raising money for the Pi foundation - I'm sure this is on the site somewhere, but my browser seems to have a bug causing it to disappear.

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How is that different from APT repo? by macson_g · 2012-12-17 05:17 · Score: 2

How is that different from slamming a web interface on top of apt repo?
Re:Wait, what?? by capedgirardeau · 2012-12-17 05:51 · Score: 4, Informative

The system is brand new and it seems the app store service provider still has some details to work out about the licensing.
Liz, the head of the Raspbery Pi foundation, is aware of the issue and has already directly addressed it by saying there will be a fix in place by tomorrow to allow the app publishers to properly list the license their software is offered under.
For reference, here is Liz's statement to that effect:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2768#comment-37660

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Re:A Pi store without Pi by CoolCash · 2012-12-17 08:00 · Score: 2

You can, go check the distributors. http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/default.aspx?cl=1 (delivers in about a week)
Re:A Pi store without Pi by TheRealMindChild · 2012-12-17 09:32 · Score: 2

You can. I've ordered 3 on 3 separate occasions and got them in a week from newark/element14. Don't let the 0 next to availability scare you.

Also, i'd imagine you are trying to grab a bunch of these for your students/class, which may in fact impact the availability for you

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Re:All this and no Pi Shoppe jokes? by ZG-Rules · 2012-12-17 11:43 · Score: 2

It should be Mrs. Miggins' Pi Shoppe! I hear that they have a "Cunning Plan" to get people to get their software from here...
Oh I so wish I had mod points so we could smash the US-centricity of this site....
But you should have included a reference. Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Miggins