That it comes with dependencies for AWS packed! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the yum repositories don't have all the external libraries present. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Full integration with AWS

- It has enhanced performance over other AMIs

- It is free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The software repository is not too big

- No desktop version

- Vendor lock-in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. It is optimized for running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure and is fully supported by AWS. This means that customers can receive technical support and access to the latest software and security updates.

2. It is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), which is known for its stability and performance. This means that Amazon Linux 2 inherits many of the same features and advantages of RHEL, such as a stable and secure operating system, and a large collection of software packages.

3. It is designed to be lightweight, with minimal overhead. This makes it well-suited for running on virtual machines and containers, which are common in cloud computing environments.

4. It comes with the LTS kernel, which is optimized for the latest generation of EC2 instances and provides better performance and security.

5. It has been integrated with several AWS services, such as AWS Systems Manager, which makes it easy to manage instances, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk, which makes it easy to deploy and scale applications.

6. It is updated frequently with new software and security updates, so users can stay up-to-date with the latest features and bug fixes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon Linux 2 is a Linux distribution that is tailored to the needs of Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, and it may not be as suitable for use outside of the AWS ecosystem. Additionally, some users might prefer other Linux distributions that have more frequent updates or a larger community of users and developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly and command line interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Proprietary Amazon Linux AMI. While Amazon Linux provided for free and open source, still an amazon customized Linux distribution. This night raise a concerns for users who prefer entirely open source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amazon linux 2 is very cheap and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have any dislike about Amazon Linux 2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS gives ready to use linux server. positive point is that everything is configured via UI and we don't have to worry about the administration part.

We can easily connect to it via making remote SSH connection via putty on windows or via ssh command from Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's nothing much to dislike, the only thing is that we need to take care of the cost involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides security focused environment to run cloud apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It will be the Migration from Amazon Linux 1 to 2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides a highly secure, stable and high performance environment to run my applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the initial warm up takes sometime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We were using on-premise RedHat Linux OS but since we have moved to AWS, life has been easy. It was easy for us to configure instances, and it is very easy to use. Customer Services are very impressive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We haven't observed any downside of it yet since we have started using it. It is very easy and user-friendly to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration with AWS is real Smooth

Pricing is little on the lower side since AWS Promotes it.

The configuration is secure as it should be.

Since it runs on AWS Infra the product is really optimized to be lightweight.

It gets pro-support from AWS.

Security updates are regular Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since it's a proprietary Operating System, AWS has the ultimate control over it locking out the open source community to contribute and for any such product that becomes a constraint to evolve.

It is platform-specific so in future if you plan to move to any other cloud service not sure how that would be seamless as it would be with other alternatives like Rocky Linux or Alma Linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.