Amazon Linux

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About

Linux distribution developed by Amazon Web Services
Current generation: Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023)
Optimized for Amazon EC2 and AWS Graviton
Based partly on Fedora
Supported until June 30, 2029
No additional licensing cost

Availability

Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for Amazon EC2
Docker container image
VM images for KVM and VMware
Can be used for on-premises development and testing

Components

dnf package manager
SELinux
IMDSv2
x86_64 and [[aarch64]]
Linux LTS kernels

Versions

Amazon Linux AMI — legacy, EOL
Amazon Linux 2 — supported until June 30, 2026
Amazon Linux 2023 — supported until June 30, 2029

See also

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