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 # Akela-HostOS
 
+![status][st:stable]
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+ [st:stable]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stable-✔-black.png?style=flat&colorA=44cc11&colorB=494e52
+ [st:broken]: https://img.shields.io/badge/broken-X-black.png?style=flat&colorA=e05d44&colorB=494e52
+ [st:experimental]: https://img.shields.io/badge/experimental----black.png?style=flat&colorA=dfb317&colorB=494e52
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 The `HostOS` extension is not all that useful in itself, rather, it is a
 building block other plugins and extensions can use to not repeat the same
 guesswork and logic. Its primary purpose is to help either detect, or keep track