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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bazzite is based on Fedora, so you can install a package in a “Fedora toolbox” (that is an image of Fedora made specifically for distrobox)

Does this work for stuff that's looking for deeper kernelish level access? I gave up on bazzite because I couldn't figure out how to get some system monitoring program to work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Probably not... There is a line I think.

For example, I had to install the my VPN app using a local .rpm package that I downloaded from their site. This works just fine, the only issue is that it will not update automatically, so any time there is an update, I have to uninstall the old version and install the new version.

However, that's extremely simple. Two commands and a reboot and voila.

I would say this is the order of preference with installing apps: flatpak > distrobox > layered package > local package.

I'm pretty sure you can get most stuff to work if you really want to. There's also a good amount of stuff online if you search for "silverblue" or "kinoite" rather than bazzite when you make your queries.