Canonical Announces Ubuntu App Showdown 56
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."
They have dropped the Quickly requirement (Score:5, Interesting)
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/06/ubuntu-app-showdown-no-longer-requires-quickly/ [ubuntu.com]
Re:Thanks Canonical (Score:4, 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