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webOS Homebrew Birthday!
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Community, Homebrew Gallery, PreWare, Preload, anniversary, birthday, filecoaster, homebrew, news, webos quick install, wosqi
July 25th 2010 | Posted by Jason Robitaille
What a wild year it’s been! Almost hard to believe that on July 25th, 2009, the world was first introduced to WebOS Quick Install and fileCoaster. Those two programs would end up playing a pivotal role in the homebrew community and to some degree, both exist to this day.
A year ago today, the PreCentral forums were welcomed by two new ways to install homebrew applications: WebOS Quick Install and fileCoaster. Regardless of your opinions on them, at the time, they completely changed how peopled viewed the homebrew world. They made homebrew into something that the average user could use, fostering the modern hombrew movement.
Lots has changed since then, but for most of us in the webOS community, these two programs hold a special place in our hearts. These were the installers we used when the App Catalog was smaller than our PreCentral Homebrew Gallery. Since their first public release, there’s been countless new apps, several other installers (notably Preware and Preload) and we’ve witnessed the birth of a strong webOS homebrew community. Almost difficult to believe it’s been a whole year already.
WebOS Quick Install and fileCoaster may not be nearly as popular as they used to be, but today, let’s take a moment today and celebrate the 1-year anniversary of their release. Cheers!
PreUpdate, PreWare, Preload, apps, filecoaster, homebrew, news, webOS, webos quick install
November 18th 2009 | Posted by Derek Kessler
Yikes, what a title! There are five different systems out there to get apps, patches, and themes onto your webOS phone. With each choice comes different features and abilities, and pretty much the only thing they all have in common is that they can all install apps. From there, each installer is as different and comes with its own unique capabilities. So what makes fileCoaster different from Preload, Preware different from WebOS Quick Install, and where does PreUpdate fit into the mix? The chart below should answer your impassioned query in a most comprehensive of manner – it’s up to you to pick the installer, or combination thereof, that fits your style.
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