• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Well-developed software built by professionals to industry standards and capable of doing a very important job effectively. And homebrew. You might be surprised at what sufficiently motivated nerds are capable of.

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      1 year ago

      Im sorry, I still don’t know what you’re talking about. What about the internet runs on homebrew and how is it related to cars?

      • Blissingg@lemmy.world
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        1 year 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.

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          1 year 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).

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            1 year 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.