The whole point of ostree is that your systems image has a minimal amount of stuff in it, a la you’re only doing upgrades when there is a kernel update (which is essentially impossible to avoid rebooting for no matter what OS you’re using, even SerpentOS the other commenter linked can’t do kexec updates).
You use something like distrobox to use a rolling release with regular package updates on the atomic core.
I understand the point of it. I’m enthusiastic about it. It was my home daily drive for more than a year. In the end, the pain didn’t outweigh the benefits for me.
You use something like distrobox to use a rolling release with regular package updates on the atomic core.