Frank Karlitschek

KDE Developer

openDesktop.orgKDE-Look.orgKDE-Apps.org

Social DesktopOpen-PCownCloud

Project

Bretzn

We are

developers(most of us)

Cool free software

What motivates us ?

millions use our

software(and other reasons)

Make the life of the

developers as easy as possible to bring the

software to the users.

How does it work at the

moment ?• Develop the application• Cross compile and package for all platforms • Put it on a webpage• Promote it on blogs, twitter, facebook, conferences, ...• Try to put it in a distribution• Wait 8 month • Hope that someone is using your stuff• Collect the bugs and feedback from the users• Go to square one for the next release.

my dream:

do everything

in 10 minutesdevelopment takes probably a bit longer

Project Bretzn

1. Make it easy for developers to release an application2. Make it easy for users to install the applications

Building • Qt Creator Plugin• Integration with buildservices• OBS and MeeGo and hopefully more in the future• Cross compilation and packaging• 1.0 released.

Publishing• Uploading to different AppStores and repos automatically• MeeGo Garage• openDesktop.org • openSUSE AppStore• Nokia Ovi, Intel AppUp and more in the future.

Marketing• Mailinglists• RSS • Twitter• identi.ca• Facebook• KDE Social Desktop.

everything with

1 Clickor a few more ;-)

Video

Make it easy for users to install the applications

App Store client to access the

application repositories via an open API

Good news4 App Store Client• Qt only client• MeeGo Garage Client• KDE GHNS Client• KDE Installer

Features• Categories• Screenshots• Description• Changelog• Comments• Ratings• Search • Sorting• Updating.

Social Features• Notification directly to the Desktop• What my friends like• What my friends develop• Knowledge Base.

Open-Collaboration-Services

• free specification (freedesktop.org)• free server and client implementations• Social Features• Version 1.6 • Version 2.0 is in the works• Developer Meeting this weekend• Supported by Intel, Nokia, OpenOffice.org, KDE, partly GNOME.

Open-Collaboration-Services

Modules:• Person• Friend• Message• Activity• Content• Fan• Knowledgebase• Event• Comments• Private Data• Forum• Buildservice

What about other Desktops ?

Future• Links to IRC channels, forums, ...• Show commits of my friends• User testing• File bugs• Donations for developers.

Summary

• Developers can concentrate on coding• In 10 minutes from the IDE to the App Store

Application

Developer

ApplicationApplication

User

Questions ?

Thank youFrank Karlitschek

karlitschek@kde.orgblog.karlitschek.de

twitter.com/fkarlitschek