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That was a supremely enlightening explanation! I'm installing bluefin in a vbox to check it out and ordering a new SSD. Thank you!
I'm also on Bluefin for my daily driver and Bazzite for my Steam Deck. I love it because the important part is set and forget it, and the part I tinker with is separate from the part that keeps things running. And if an update borks something, you can just revert to the image you came from.
One thing to keep in mind with this is it's "a new way" so expect hickups. I use Bazzite on my living room PC, and have had:
yum
wasn't supported for what I wanted to doI do love Bazzite, and just recommended it in another thread, but I would not run it on my workhorse.
I use Aurora (the KDE version) as a software dev/ gaming machine. It’s great!