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I have no idea what it was, but home assstant is anything but 'no lock-in' they have a very narrow idea of what you should and shouldn't do with it, how and why. Essentially you are (or were didn't have time lately to check) locked to home assistant os.
Can't even play Doom on it, those bastards
Actually... https://github.com/frenck/home-assistant-doom
Really? I used to play Doom on a MS-DOS PC circa 1994 or '95.