Comments on: Canonical Expanding Online Store to Drive Ubuntu Linux Deployments

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By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:41:49 +0000

Thibauld: Stay tuned for store enhancements from Canonical. We hear they’re coming. In the meantime, our resident blogger will check out your AllMyApps store. Sounds like an intriguing venture.

By: Thibauld Favre

Thibauld Favre — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:31:49 +0000

Good article. Canonical’s original idea to provide an easy way for users to buy commercial apps is not bad but I find their implementation a bit poor… it looks like a shop from the nineties What ubuntu / canonical needs to implement to be successful on the desktop is a real app store. With a friend of mine, we started working on the idea and released a app store like system for Ubuntu / Linux last week. It’s called allmyapps and really aims at helping novice linux users find and install new applications on their system. Clearly this is a first step (the site is 1 week old) but Canonical should better in this direction than in a eCommerce like website direction imho.

By: zac

zac — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:00:32 +0000

aikiwolfie: You are absolutely correct. Please, I wish that somehow you could make this known to Mark. Please try.

Vadim P: for 8.10 flash in partner repository? Well, things might be progressing. Just move quicker.

reya276: I hear you too. This is the biggest problem with linux, ’slow’ adoptiont is made because people cannot agree on a direction. I would like to see strong leadership and direction in Ubuntu (maybe there is) knowing that there is always going to be people who strongly disagree and complain. Ubuntu has been great for me too.

Bring it on!

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:48:42 +0000

Actually nevermind, I think Add/Remove asks you to enable a repository if its not enabled and shows the software anyway.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:47:59 +0000

Adobe is now offering Flash via Canonical’s partner repository in Ubuntu 8.10 also.

Personally, I’m glad for more choice also. But the fact that the partner repository is disabled by default is limiting, imho.

By: Spanky

Spanky — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:38:39 +0000

The future is services. Not software. Specialized, rare niche software, maybe(only). Certainly not web browsers and graphics editors. Just exactly what software *ISN’T* available; in some availible repository? Everyone can utilize better, open software. Not everyone is technical enough to get to it and maintain thier system (Even though certain FLOSS bundles are the lesser, of user friendly evils, now.) If a person or group is not technical, they need quality tech help on ANY OS and system.

By: reya276

reya276 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:26:42 +0000

This is how I see it, having an online store is great specially if you are going to populated with applications that business and home users can purchase and use. However if no one knows about it, if there is no good marketing behind it; it does not matter. No one will know about it other than us Linux users and to some degree some others but it would never be successful unless there is advertising on the radio, print, TV and web mediums.

So once Ubuntu can finally get a good video application(like some else mentioned), a decent desktop interface(Gnome is good but not great at least not yet). Then maybe we will truly see Ubuntu catch on, but relying on the community to market or advertise Ubuntu is just not going to happen at least not this decade.

Also the other thing that is hurting Linux as a whole is that no one can get together and agree on what Mark said or on anything. See everyone has their own thing going, you’ve got folks who hate GUIs and eye candy and then you got folks who love it. So until everyone can come together and AGREE that the main stream users not GEEKS like us want a polished eye candy desktop that works then it will never be the year of the Linux Desktop. I LOVE UBUNTU it is great for ME!

By: Ty Miles

Ty Miles — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:59:33 +0000

They need to make an app store like function. Similar to CNR but slick like the iPhone App Store built into Ubuntu. Make it simple to buy apps right there.

That would be slick and make it easy for users to get the software they want.

The main thing is to make it like iTunes or like the Original CNR BUT, not have a whole bunch of old apps like the current CNR does.

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:13:24 +0000

Aikiwolfie: You’re speaking The VAR Guy’s language.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:40:21 +0000

If there’s anything we should have learned from Apples failure to capture the personal computer market and Microsoft’s success, it’s that success comes from applications.

There’s absolutely no point in owning a free OS with no applications to run on it. It’s true for corporate clients and it’s true for high street shoppers.

Clearly Canonical want to play in the enterprise market. But that’s not where their major successes are. At least not that I can see. Ubuntu has struck a cord with home users and small businesses. Canonical needs to be pushing out applications for these customers every bit as much as they need to gain ground in the Linux server market.

If Mark Shuttleworth is serious about Ubuntu over taking Apple in the next two years in term of the desktop experience then Canonical better get in gear and start supporting high street shoppers. We need that integrated suit of applications. The e-mail client, the web browser, the media library, the graphics apps, the productivity apps and I’m not talking about spread sheets. I’m talking about a decent easy to use video editor. Stuff of that nature.

Ubuntu needs to start showing it’s strengths. Take Dells’ Mini 9 as an example. The Ubuntu Remix interface works so well on that machine. Why isn’t it part of everyday Ubuntu?

By: SUSE Man

SUSE Man — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:34:55 +0000

Convert: We are a small but pretty well known software developer writing for SUSE Linux. Canonical should recruit us for the same reason they are trying to work with MySQL, Openbravo, Parallels, Alfresco and other Linux oriented application developers.

Our loyalty to SUSE is based on customer demand. If customers ask us for Ubuntu we will focus more on that. But we’re not hearing demand from customers or demand from Canonical.