CHAPTER 5
Home Automation Operating Systems
THIS CHAPTER EXPLORES the subject of home automation operating systems (HA OSs). It probably seems strange to you to even know that there is such a thing as an HA OS. Most readers are aware of a computer OS, such as Windows 10 for PCs, OSX for Macs, and Linux for the open-source community. The most common and popular OS for the RasPi is Raspbian, which is a distribution within the Debian Linux family. It would be helpful to describe what a computer OS does before attempting to describe the purpose and function of an HA OS.
Computer Operating Systems
The Wikipedia definition of an OS system is as follows:
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources ...
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