

Distrobox or toolbx are the canonical dev environment approach (persistant containers) but bluefin also comes with linuxbrew for host level tooling. I actually use mise (mise en place) instead.


Distrobox or toolbx are the canonical dev environment approach (persistant containers) but bluefin also comes with linuxbrew for host level tooling. I actually use mise (mise en place) instead.
We should note that it is super easy to extend a bootc release, and use dnf to install additional packages. It is a docker/podman contanerfile of a few lines.
I have a github repo that adds virtmanager and ghostty to the excellent zirconium release, rebuilds ever day - and then uupd pulls the update every day.
The atomics are not meant to limit you, they are meant to free you to get what you want, usng simple oci tools.
Another great thing is being able to swap distros with simple commands. I installed bluefin, then swapped to zircnium to get niri and dms.
I should add rhat it is very easy to extend the immutable os usong a short dockerfile, if your tooling is so important that you want it in the immutable layers.