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====Community-based software projects====

Through the use of the social Web, many software developers opt to participate in community-based [[open-source software]] projects, as well as hacking projects for [[proprietary software]], [[kernel (operating system)|kernel (computing)]] modifications, and [[freeware]] ports of games and software. [[Linux]] iterations are perfect examples of how effective and efficient this sort of collaboration can be.  Google's [[Android (operating system)|Android operating system]] is another example, as many coders work on modifying existing hardware kernels and ROMs to create customized forms of a released Android version. These collaborative efforts for Android take place typically through [[xda-developers]] and androidforums.com.