Amazon Linux 2 Reviews (87)

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Amazon Linux 2 Reviews (87)

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Users consistently praise the seamless integration with AWS services, highlighting how it simplifies deployment and management of applications. The user-friendly setup and long-term support contribute to a stable environment for production workloads. However, some users note a limited package repository, which can restrict access to certain software.

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ranjith r.
RR
ranjith r.
DevOps Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazon Linux 2"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Optimized for AWS.Performance and Security Enhancements.Long-Term Support (LTS) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Limited Package Repository.AWS-Specific Optimizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anubhav P.
AP
Anubhav P.
DevOps Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Use amazon linux 2 server for running your applications"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Amazon linux 2 is handled by AWS, it gives a smooth experience of handling our application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Amazon linux 2 doesn't have usual commands like linux servers. It has own commands which are present in the AWS official document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harshad B.
HB
Harshad B.
Cloud Devops Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazo Linux 2 a good product to explore Linux in Aws"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

It's easy approach and simple basic display, Amazon Linux2 comes with all important app packages already install which help you to install and use app fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

It's update didn't support packages outside from pre install one, which is the bigg issue for running Jenkins or other applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monte J.
MJ
Monte J.
Principal Supply Chain Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"linux 2 OS systems"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Linux is great common open system OS and secure and priced less than other OS infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Linux admin experience is different from a windows admin -- need to have appropriate skillset Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Purnachandra R.
PR
Purnachandra R.
Business Consultant
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Perfect OS with Optimized performance and Productivity"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Both Virtual and Onprim helped to enhance the performance of applications deplooyed.

AWS support in achiving this is extremly good.

We can go with Peace of mind since we are getting longterm support with no extra charges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Could have been better if it has study upgrades and patches.

Aws can improve their vooulnerability checks for Amazon Linux2.

Core is dependent on Redhat.

Backup protection issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom C.
TC
Tom C.
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"DevOps"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Running it most of my microservices

Working with it on all my EC2 machines except one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Nothing, it works perfectly for me as it is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Verified User in Financial Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great cloud computing engine"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

It's fast & easy to spin up a new EC2 machine, which offers many features with a lot of flexibility and get our business-centric application running with a varying load at any time.

You want to integrate with CLI,SDK, API any option its easy to work with & integrate with automation. Best part is i don't need pay license as in case of RHEL Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Nothing much apart from occasional Instance Unavailability due to underlying hardware issues, which can cause some partial impact on our workflows; other than that i don't see any issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GK
Gaurav K.
Senior software engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon Linux is an amazing OS on the cloud"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

Amazon linux is one of the best OS we have ever used on cloud platform. It is cheaper than the on prem license. We have saved a lot of money by migrating few of our production servers to AWS and using amazon linux.

No downtime, no performance issue and great supporting engineers makes us more comfortable using cloud infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

As such there is nothing which I dislike about amazon Linux. It just you should need a good network bandwidth to access your serves from anywhere. No complaints till now..everything is so perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amit C.
AC
Amit C.
Cloud devops engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazing OS"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

I like the feasibility to use that in cloud. Amazon Linux easily connect with package manager in cloud and we can download any package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Sometime it is taking time to reboot, apart From that it's good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anurag R.
AR
Anurag R.
Technical Support Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Anurag- Amazon Linux2"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Linux 2?

If you are a developer, use ansible or python tools to write code. It provides the default indentation. So these are helpful to those who are pretty new in writing code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Linux 2?

Every time needs to go with separate repositories option to install the required packages. This can be clubbed in some set of repositories. So that these can be made bit easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.