If I am not mistaken the tradeoff is losing add-ons but being able to install other services.
So… what is your experience? Are add-ons useful/common for your use case?
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I run HA OS and from my experience updating and installing add-ons is seamless. Creating backups and restoring (had to replace a corrupt SD Card a while ago) was also no issue.
Add-ons I have installed- Advanced SSH Terminal
- ESP Home
- Home Assistant Google Drive Backup
- VS Code Server
- Maria DB
HACS for a few integrations:
- YT Music Player
- Waste Collection Schedule
nothing too fancy.
I run a second Pi with an SSD for docker containers or native OS installs (gitea, drone-ci, pi-hole, etc.)
You can go supervised! You still have most of the operating system available to your needs and you can still use add-ons. I use it for years and it works like a charm
