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2007-08-16
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2007-08-16
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#63
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Someone that's motivated and passionate about something they are programming and working on are *always* going to put out something that's higher quality than someone that's just a paid code monkey and doesn't really care.
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2007-08-16
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I really just want to show tablet users who don't consider themselves "real programmers" how easy and fun it is to find a linux app they want / like, do a little research, build dependencies, tweak a couple things, and host a .deb of it.
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2007-08-16
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I don't think anyone but Canola's management knows what they hope to gain by making it closed source. While it's a nice app, it doesn't really innovate (so I doubt there is anything patentable).
And I doubt it has much value as a paid app considering that it's being given away for free. And it doesn't provide any functionality that you can't get elsewhere.
So if they're giving it away, why not make it free so that I wouldn't have had to write Kagu in the first place? eh?
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2007-08-16
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Compare the current OS2007 development environments to the stuff available for Palm or Windows Mobile. It takes literally minutes to build a small GUI app using HB++ (Palm example) or the Compact Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005 (Windows Mobile). Anybody can get up and running with a simple application in a matter of moments, and the IDE helps to concentrate on the specific functional content of the app, without much thought about the environment.
I suppose the easiest thing for me would be to start in Python - I will try to install/update the VMware machine with Python 2.5.
(don't want to sound harsh, just a bit frustrated about that (too) steep learning curve There are family fathers with young kids and few sparetime that would like to develop for the N800, without first investing weeks in getting up and running ...hehe)
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2007-08-16
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Your work is much appreciated - and envied
In fact, for me, the HUGE effort to get up and running with development on the N800 is an absolute showstopper for me - and probably a big hindrance for many other devs, too.
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I admit that I don't have the smallest clue about Linux development, but still - the first steps were extremely painful: My experience is limited to download the Xubuntu VMware with the installed scratchbox and firing up the emulator. But what now? What language to develop in? What IDE to use? (and yes, I read the tutorials on maemo.org)
I suppose the easiest thing for me would be to start in Python - I will try to install/update the VMware machine with Python 2.5.
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2007-08-16
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Sorry for the silly thread title.
The truth of the matter is most of the stuff i've 'ported' is more-or-less a straight compile, I'm going to say something that the devs here already now.
The truth of the matter is most of the stuff i've 'ported' is more-or-less a straight compile, I'm going to say something that the devs here already now.
I really just want to show tablet users who don't consider themselves "real programmers" how easy and fun it is to find a linux app they want / like, do a little research, build dependencies, tweak a couple things, and host a .deb of it.
This sort of activity should not be confused with the effort, dedication and talent it takes to write a real app (kagu/trevarthan) or do a real hildon port (Nethack, AD-770) or a real optimization (ssvb/mplayer).
Cheers!