Hi,
We are based on Debian - Lenny, the ARM EL architecture for the device
specific opportunity. For the general site it sounds like we will
need to be able to provide dependencies as needed for all OS types.
For Debian - Lenny - ARM EL we know the SDL has been optimized as has
the numeric library so we believe the applications should run well.
We have build teams that can assist with packaging
In 2 to 3 months we will have a developer interface that will make
submitting applications very easy and make managing pricing,
promotion, etc. easy as well.
We anticipate between 3 and 6 million ARM devices in the first year
and double that in the second year. Hopefully that will be compelling
enough to attract developers.
Thank you for the input.
Regards,
Cary
On May 13, 2009, at 9:59 PM, René Dudfield wrote:
hi,
I think people are interested in getting their games distributed as
much as possible :)
If you make your system work by running a command for each game...
it should be easy. Like, for example running python run_game.py
Which linux are you using? Your own, or something like fedora+sugar/
debian?
You might need to make patches so the games run nicely on your
platforms... distributions like debian/ubuntu/fedora do this for
people.
Most developers only have access to one or two platforms... so
porting help is needed for games to get to different platforms. Or
to make packing games for each platform not require the platform.
So a windows developer can package their game for Mac OSX without
needing to have access to OSX.
As for attracting commercial developers... it needs to be worth it
for them to put their games on their to sell. If you make it really
easy, then they might do it. However they'll need to know if it'll
be worth it for them. So if you can give them some idea of how many
downloads they'll get that would help convince them. Otherwise
their time is likely to be spent elsewhere.
Tools, and libraries to help with distribution would be great.
Things like meta data generation - that can be transformed for the
various software archives, and packaging systems. Like generating
PAD files, PKG-INFO files, and helping to submit to websites... like
freshmeat and the many other software distribution places. This
would allow people to increase the distribution of their games a
lot... since they'd just need to put the information in once, and
then it can be spread to lots of various websites.
cheers,
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Cary Harper
<cary.har...@xandros.com> wrote:
Hey Folks,
Over the last two years the company I work for has been putting
Linux on x86 based netbooks, but now MS has squashed that with
offering exclusive deals to hardware companies for distributing
Windows 7. In a couple of months, some of these hardware companies
will be coming out with Linux based netbooks on an ARM architecture
that we hope will server to ignite more interest in ARM and Linux.
To do this, we know that we need to create excitement and a good
user experience for the end user. To that end we are polishing the
UI as much as possible and we are looking to get the support of
communities like Pygame to develop and publish applications for
these netbook devices in an app store dedicated to ARM-based Linux
devices.
The app store will support all software licenses with download links
for source code where applicable as well as an ecommerce module for
non-free software. To evaluate the app store experience you can
check out presto.cnr.com, eeedownload.cnr.com and www.cnr.com.
The reason I think the Pygame platform is so important is because
70% of the applications downloaded on the iPhone were games, with
another 20% being entertainment type applications.
We are doing work to make sure SDL and numerics are optimized for
running on this ARM platform.
What I would like to know is if this kind of opportunity is
something this community would be interested in.
Additionally, I can also offer to host an app store just for Pygame
software, supporting all OS types, for free. The url would be
pygame.cnr.com and I would give creative control over the branding
of the site and the promotion of software on that site to the
community.
Hopefully you don't think this offer too lame or spam-like.
Regards,
Cary
On May 9, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Chris McCormick wrote:
Hi,
Yes. Anything to break the current app-store hedgemony run by the
big corporations.
Best,
Chris.
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:56:18PM -0700, Cary Harper wrote:
Would anyone be interested in putting their software into an App Store
for ARM Linux Netbooks?
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Cary Harper
Senior Software Development Manager
Xandros, Corp.
858.774.0943 | 858.587.6700 Ext 153
Cary Harper
Senior Software Development Manager
Xandros, Inc.
858.774.0943 | 858.587.6700 Ext 153
