I started using EasyOS and I love its principles, but I'm disappointed by how few packages there are in the default repositories. From what I understand, the idea is to partially rely on Appimages, but there are a lot of programs for which those don't exist.
I've thought of three approaches:
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Use the repositories from Fossapup.
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Use Guix as an additional package manager.
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Hijack the system with Bedrock.
The first seems the more feasible. I've given this a try by running a fossapup container and copying files and entries from /root/.packages inside the container to the same directory on the root filesystem and updating pupget. It did detect the new packages, but it didn't know where to download them from. I would need help with this method.
I feel iffy about the second and third methods, because it goes against the concept of Easy. Will the system still be able to run from RAM, or will it simply download too much bloat? And will I still be able to make use of containers? Especially Bedrock seems extreme: it will change the whole structure of the root filesystem, and download an entire distribution in order to make use of its package manager. I'm willing to simply give it a try, though.
I'm looking into such radical alternatives because I really need access to a lot of packages. Even under Puppy I wasn't content. Maybe the Fossapup repositories combined with Appimages, snap, flatpaks and the likes will suffice. Can anyone help me with getting this to work, as well as give general advice regarding which options are even worth trying? Thanks in advance.
