The simplicity of the operating system and the security it offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yeah like it's only a CLI not an GUI like windows and ubuntu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon Linux 2 is specifically optimized for the AWS environment, which is a significant advantage for those primarily operating within the AWS ecosystem. The pre-installed command-line tools and agents are a massive time-saver, allowing us to get up and running with AWS services without having to spend time on installations and configurations. In addition, the OS integration with AWS is seamless, which greatly simplifies management tasks. Although it's a relatively new player in the world of Linux distributions, the fact that it's well documented within AWS itself is a bonus, as it makes troubleshooting and learning easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Despite its strengths, Amazon Linux 2 isn't without its limitations. One of the main concerns is that it may inadvertently cause dependency on AWS as a cloud provider. Given that it's tailor-made for AWS, moving to a different cloud provider could prove challenging if your systems are heavily reliant on this Linux distribution. Additionally, it lacks the wider community support and documentation that other more popular distributions like Ubuntu have. While AWS documentation is generally robust, when it comes to specific, complex issues that extend beyond AWS's purview, finding solutions can be more challenging due to the smaller user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon linux 2 is a combination of stability, security and performance. Regular updates, built-in AWS integration and extensive package repository make it robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve for users who are used to work on other Linux distributions find it difficult to get used to Amazon Linux 2. Also the documentation is less comprehensive as compare to other linux distributor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon Linux is a Linux dustro which is offer by aws. It comes with by default corporation and settings. With the help of this OS. It can be used as a base image for other destros as well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon Linux OS is very less configurable compared to other destros because it already comes with some set of configurations and packages so it could be handy but it gives a less control to the user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Seamlessly works with AWS and integration with multiple tools makes it super easy to work on AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Developed for AWS exclusively, there is a limitation that it can be used with AWS only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS-optimized, secure,AWS cost-saving... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

limited software package selection compared to other Linux distributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stable & AWS release security patch regularly to make it more secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it could available outside the AWS cloud to use in on-premise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its open source and best for learning linux. Well integrated with cloud and aws support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No thing for downside as such. Just that it can come up for more pre installed packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it's a good image and widely used by corporate.its has some extra inbuilt features which makes a difference. it's has customized features which user can chose based on their requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

there are many same types of Linux image available from different vendor.as it is from Amazon so product released and bug fixes are very less compared to original Linux image Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best tool for hosting the application on aws cloud and also well good in the security.

Easy to understand and use. There is lot of video's available in the internet for new users.

Flexible to upgrade or downgrade the server configuration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly I don't see anything to be disliked. Overall I am happy and satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.