I think the biggest reason is the systemd-docker skirmish. Alpine already offers many of the things you need as a lightweight host os, even though it has some s

I think the biggest reason is the systemd-docker skirmish. Alpine already offers many of the things you need as a lightweight host os, even though it has some shortcomings. I was surprised to find out that Amazon Linux is also systemd-free. For me it is the perfect host os.