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And I thought that the chrome multitasking was too much effort.

I was thinking the exact same thing, I feel very dissapointed every time I see something interesting at the top of HN, and when I'm going to try it out, there's no Linux version of it.

It's like you said, if they want a good number of beta testers/ early adopters, they should have a Linux version.

Yeah, very impressive for someone of his age, I wish there were more kids like him.

In case you're trying to go to the getting started page in the overview it seems like it is broken, here is the getting started page in google code http://code.google.com/p/playn/wiki/GettingStarted

Yes, we have been using PlayN for a few months right now, it is true that it is not as complete as other cross-platform tools, but it is starting to get a really good shape, someone just made a C-ish backend last month and got a working example on iOS, but this backend could help us with ports to WP7 and consoles.

Last week someone did a major fix to flash export, I haven't tested yet since it's not in the maven central repo yet, but if you use source code in google code, maybe you could test the state of flash now.

iOS port is in the works, it's not done yet, but there's a few people working on it, there's already a set of instructions in the google group on how to test a basic example of iOS, but it's not as complete as HTML and Android ports.

This is a nice litte webapp, I have been using it for a couple of months now, and it has been very useful.

Yeah, I noticed that too, weird, it's not everday that we see comebacks like this one on HN.

If you're making cross-platform games, you may want to take a look at playn, we have been using it for over 5 months, and it has been really easy to use and works really good, though some platforms are still a work in progress http://code.google.com/p/playn

I feel it's a balance between both, yes, you're right the distribution channels are already there, but the quality of the productions that use those channels are not even close to the quality Hollywood productions have.

We need to find a way to give independent studios a way to develop quality content that can be easily distributed and develop technology that lowers the production cost, because probably Hollywood studios won't shift until they see there's a market, where independent studios are actually making profits.

The post is right about distribution being the biggest challenge, it is not about how movies are being made, is about how can you shift the industry model into another distribution channel.

Thanks for clearing that up, just before I read your comment I was thinkg "Wow, that was fast."

I have been thinking the same thing for a while now, I hope that someone has a clue on this one.

Yes, probably not this specific event, but maybe they were coordinated just in case something happen around the protest that went down yesterday.

Same here, trying to get some things done tonight, but how can you say 'no' to something like this.

As previous comments said, it is a lot better buying an used macbook, I had the same dilemma a year ago, tried with a hackintosh with no luck, a couple of months later I found an used macbook on ebay that it was in really good shape, still using it.

But even if this was true, there is still ways around this right? I mean rEFIt does a pretty good job booting up Linux in Mac, so wouldn't this be possible in those PC's as well?

Yes, for someone who has never use Git is a very nice introduction to it.

This is actually a good way to go or at least kind of fun for killing some time.

It's a cool site, but it doesn't seem to be supporting canvas yet. And yes, my browser(Chrome 12) does support it.