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rah@feddit.uk to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Why is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages?

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Why is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages?

rah@feddit.uk to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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    @rah @Zavorra it’s easier to build a business model around an OS than it is around a package distro.

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