Can I use Home Assistant OS as a regular Linux?

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi

I’m wondering, is it possible to run on HA OS different applications for Linux?
If yes, what kind of Linux is it (which distro)?

Thanks

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No, see GitHub - home-assistant/operating-system: 🔰 Home Assistant Operating System

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But - you can use a “regular” Linux (Debian) to run HA Supervised on it.

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As @m0wlheld says, it is not really a full Linux distribution so you can’t use it as such, but what you can do is install the portainer addon, and then run any docker container you want.

There’s a lot of docker containers out there for lots of purposes, so if it’s just a case of “I want to install X on my computer” you can probably do it by finding a docker container that runs X.

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Ok, thanks guys!