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Re: [pygame] App Store



Would the store really need to be specialized to ARM devices? One of pygame's main goals is platform independence, so it seems that an app store providing PyGame-based games would appeal to all Linux distros. 

I think this sounds like a timely idea that will fill a growing niche: the desire for games on Linux without installation hassles. Many more people would try PyGame-created games if they could install them and run them through a gui without copying files or using the terminal.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Regards,
Evan Kroske

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Cary Harper <cary.harper@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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