UDS N Monday plenary: Getting great applications on Ubuntu

How can Ubuntu get hundreds of thousands of applications? In these two talks from the Ubuntu Developer Summit on 25 October 2010, Matthew Paul Thomas speaks on "Ubuntu Software Center and the future of the universe", and Evan Dandrea on "The restaurant at the end of the universe".(These talks were previously posted without slides.)

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[G Jevi'psyo]

the first speaker really laid it on thick, I think his outlook on things can really get Ubuntu moving forward.  Great Job! :)

[jamie bunnell]

I think Ubuntu is great. I'm not a computer geek or programming wizard so I can't comment hugely about the complexities. However I have installed it onto my Dell D600 laptop and it runs faster, simpler, and straight out of the box! I tried re-installing XP on it and I had to re-install every single driver separately without an internet connection. From the installation Ubuntu was working straight from the word go!

[watermark86]

He didn't say anything I disagree with. Everything he said was hard to do and easy to do elsewhere, was true for me.

[mairinmo]

i don't know who Randall Ross is, but the technology adoption lifecycle bell curve is from Everett M. Rogers at Iowa State University in 1983 and the chasm was added by Geoffrey Moore in his 1991 book "Crossing the Chasm"

[GIMPMan1972]

The only thing I have trouble with is that they're comparing mobile platforms with the Linux PC platform software. I don't think you can ever hope to explode application making like that on the PC platform, unless you happen to have a monopoly like Microsoft.

[ikt123]

"Thats why we all love windows" ROFL

[Ryan D]

Its formats suck. There is nothing that works right. Nothing useful, or productive. Thats why we all love windows, and OSX. Ubuntu isnt anything like it should be. It needs serious professional help. And i have wine, and i tried it. Nothing works correctly. Just saying i would love ubuntu if it became more diverse, and compatible with more things. And less glitchy.

[myromance123]

Btw, this is the best UDS video by far. I hope there are more of these to come. A great topic, one thats been needing addressing for some time.

[myromance123]

@ryan4888, I don't mean to be rude, but that is retarded. Its like saying, if they could make Apple's Mac computers compatible with .exe .msi and other windows formats, then I'd use it. Might as well just give Windows the name OSX but let it run windows OS. Ubuntu has its own formats, but its gonna take time and support for them to gain 3rd party software developer's products and partnership. Also, have you tried using Wine?

[Ryan D]

I think if they could make it non glitchy, compatible with .exe, .msi, and other main windows forms, i would be set on using this as my main operating system.