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Why is Home Assistant an operating system and not an application installable through distro packages?

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SystemHome Assistant OS, the Home Assistant Operating System, is an embedded, minimalistic, operating system designed to run the Home Assistant ecosystem. It is the recommended installation method for most users.

From the docs for installing on a RPi

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