You may have heard that preware.org was snatched away from webOS Internals yesterday. If not, what the heck? You live under a rock? I digress.
Long story short, preware.net is now the new home for all things Preware to include our beloved patches, homebrew apps, etc. Don’t bother copying and pasting that as a link because until the ducks are lined up there won’t be much to see. I’ve been assured that the Preware Homebrew Documentation app and get.preware.net will all be updated in the near future. Come on. This stuff takes some time. Relax.
So this domain snatching business was pretty ugly. Turns out “preware” means something very different to the folks that grabbed the domain and they have no intention of selling it back to webOS Internals which was the initial assumption. No, in fact they plan to use it for whatever “preware” means to them. Like you, I am waiting with bated breath for the answer to that mind boggling riddle. 😐
But now that preware.net exists and more importantly, ipkg.preware.net, the home of patches, apps, etc., how do you fix your broken webOS Quick Install (WOSQI) and Preware that point to preware.org?
UPDATE: This article is intended to bring cutting edge news of the latest goodies from webOS Ports. It caused quite the stir among some of the more webOS faithful out there. Please understand, my generalizations and assumptions are my perception of some handed down information. Any related weeping and gnashing of teeth should be kept to a minimum.
What…Google accounts are broken? This might not be news to you but at the end of March, Google changed their connections to force secure communication. By now, you’ve either patched the problem or you’ve been suffering with a broken Google account or two on your favorite webOS device. It’s possible you may not even realize there’s a problem. But I assure you, not all is well.