Thank you for clarifying! And apologies for being rather abrasive.

I never said it was impossible

True. Based on your writing, I kinda assumed you thought it was impossible (or, at least very finicky/bothersome). I'm genuinely sorry for responding by assumption instead of asking for clarification first.

The simple fact they don’t see an apparent way to install simple tools

I guess OP just didn't take the effort to look through Bluefin's documentation and find the related entry. Or, they simply chose to use 'us' (i.e., the community) as [insert your favorite search engine].

or modify fstab would be for me unacceptable

To be clear, modifying /etc/fstab on Fedora Atomic is literally no different than on any other distro.

So..., I suppose OP simply assumed a 'faulty' workflow for Bluefin, for whatever reason. And came here to ask the community for assistance when it didn't work out as they'd expect. Nothing wrong with that either.

I prefer freeballing my OS, thank you very much. I simply assumed op was more like me and less like you.

Here is where I need your assistance in deciphering 😜. Would you be so kind to explain what you mean by this? Please, provide ample examples/elaborations/explicitations to make it clear. Thank you in advance 😊!