> Why isn't Fedora Silverblue sufficient by itself? What does this project add?
I'm not affiliated with either distribution. Both distributions provide different out-of-the-box experiences. Fedora Silverblue tries to be a general purpose desktop OS while BlueFin has a focus on software development. You can still adapt both of them for the same purposes, but BlueFin might be a nicer starting point if you actually are a developer.
The biggest difference to classic read-write Linux distributions is that you have an immutable base system which includes software that you might find useful or useless. In addition, you can install software as Flatpaks into your home directory. It is also possible to change the software that is part of the immutable base system, but it is typically something you want to avoid.
> what features are described by the term "cloud-native"?
I suppose it refers to the container management software that is included in the immutable base system.
I'm not affiliated with either distribution. Both distributions provide different out-of-the-box experiences. Fedora Silverblue tries to be a general purpose desktop OS while BlueFin has a focus on software development. You can still adapt both of them for the same purposes, but BlueFin might be a nicer starting point if you actually are a developer.
The biggest difference to classic read-write Linux distributions is that you have an immutable base system which includes software that you might find useful or useless. In addition, you can install software as Flatpaks into your home directory. It is also possible to change the software that is part of the immutable base system, but it is typically something you want to avoid.
> what features are described by the term "cloud-native"?
I suppose it refers to the container management software that is included in the immutable base system.