• @Blissingg@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      You might not understand what homebrew in a software sense is then full stop. Homebrew in software just means not commercially made/backed.

      GNU/Linux and plenty of other open source projects that power your modern life and the internet started the same way.

      • @induna_crewneck@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        Homebrew software is unofficial/non-commercial software for systems which were originally set up with proprietary software (like gaming console or in this case car OSs).

        • @Blissingg@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          That’s the definition for games consoles specifically, I know you pulled it from wiki :)

          Every computer that comes preinstalled with windows also falls under your definition though as does any Mac.

          Linux was also developed for or spurned by a system that was proprietary and only for educational purposes MINIX.