Amazon Web Services has begun previewing Bottlerocket, a new open-source Linux distribution designed for running containers.

There are two main ideas behind Bottlerocket. The first is to make it easier to automate OS updates by applying them in a single step, rather than package by package. According to AWS, this will also improve uptime "by minimizing update failures and enabling easy update rollbacks."

The second part of the rationale is to strip down the OS so it only contains what is needed to run containers.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/11/amazon_launches_bottlerocket_new_linux_distro_for_running_containers/