Systemd also has a newer feature named sysupdate which allows systemd to manage the host operating system. It has some really nice features around integrity and

Systemd also has a newer feature named sysupdate which allows systemd to manage the host operating system. It has some really nice features around integrity and trusted boot. https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-sysupdate.8.en https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd-sysupdate.8.en Here is a discussion about why they chose it for building an appliance like operating system for GNOME: https://discourse.gnome.org/t/why-did-gnome-os-choose-systemd-sysupdate-over-bootc/24642 https://discourse.gnome.org/t/why-did-gnome-os-choose-system... Alternatively, there is also bootable containers: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/getting-started/ https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/getting-started/