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I am using bazzite for gamedev and it is AWESOME.
It is immutable but ships with distrobox and boxbuddy, which lets you easily create linux containers with mutable systems (i.e. I am currently developing on a fedora container with Qt Creator, for example) and you can install your packages in that terminal.
No chances of breaking your main OS.
I set up my instance like follows:
Boxbuddy -> New distrobox container -> Fedora -> Give it a name.
Wait for the installation (should be about 300MB IIRC).
In the start menu you will now be able to run your instance's terminal (search for your instance name).
sudo dnf install qt-creatorBack in boxbuddy, in my instance I selected "show installed gui applications", selected Qt Creator -> Add to applications menu.
Qt Creator then shows up in the start menu (search for either Qt Creator, or your instance name).
It will run in the container, but has full access to your home directory for development.
I could then install all my other required packages from the same terminal that I installed qt-creator from.
Easy peasy.
Disclaimer: Typing from my phone. The instructions may not be exactly like I said, but those are the steps.
No terminal magic is needed in Bazzite to make this work.