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Why is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages? (feddit.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by rah@feddit.uk to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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[–] Zavorra@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (14 children)

Since HA depends on a lot of python packages, on external softwares and libraries it could not feasible to ensure that the versions packaged with the distribution will always be in line with those needed by HA

[–] rah@feddit.uk -2 points 11 months ago (13 children)

it could not feasible

I disagree.

[–] Zavorra@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, good for you. Now let's prove it

[–] rah@feddit.uk -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You first.

[–] Osunderdog@allthingstech.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

@rah @Zavorra it's easier to build a business model around an OS than it is around a package distro.

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