Solution Associate at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Apr 16, 2026
I will provide a rating of eight for Amazon Linux. I am using a long-term support version of Amazon Linux, so there is no need for any other features. Amazon Linux provides different types of services that can be installed for DevOps automation, high-performance computing, virtual desktops, database management, microservices, containerization, and web services hosting. For all of these capabilities, I have provided a rating of eight out of ten. My overall review rating for Amazon Linux is eight out of ten.
Amazon Linux is quite customizable and highly flexible, especially when using cloud-init for automated, repeatable configuration during boot. For specialized workloads, I leverage Amazon Linux Extras library or specific repositories to pull in optimized runtimes such as Docker or Python without bloating the base image.The documentation and community support are top-notch. It is deeply integrated with the rest of the AWS ecosystem, making it easy to find specific configuration steps for services such as IAM or EC2. It handles security and compliance requirements quite well, as the documentation is excellent. The security of Amazon Linux is also excellent, so we do not have to worry about that. The compliance for Amazon Linux is top-notch for our organization. I would recommend using Amazon Linux without hesitation. In my experience, the customer support is quite reliable. Amazon Linux is quite stable, the documentation is great, and it is tightly integrated with the AWS service, so most of the support comes through the AWS support channel rather than a separate Linux support channel. I would recommend others who are going to use it feel confident using Amazon Linux without hesitation. The overall rating for this product is 9 out of 10.
The advice I would give to others looking into using Amazon Linux is that it is highly scalable and provides different types of microservices, so I kindly recommend these services for a reliable cost. My review rating for Amazon Linux is 7 out of 10.
I did not purchase Amazon Linux through the AWS Marketplace. If anyone is using the AWS platform and they require a RHEL-based OS, they must use Amazon Linux. It easily integrates with any services in AWS, and it is pre-installed with a few required tools, so it is very helpful. I have no additional thoughts about Amazon Linux before we wrap up. I found this interview fine, and I do not think there is anything I should change for the future. I give this product a review rating of 8.
I would rate Amazon Linux a 10 out of 10. I chose a 10 because it helps speed up deployments, it is really scalable, and it saves me a lot of headaches. I do not purchase Amazon Linux through the AWS Marketplace; I use AWS Amazon Linux from within the EC2 application and do not have to buy it in the marketplace. My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is to use it, and you will find new use cases for it; it will help you significantly in shipping faster. My overall review rating for Amazon Linux is 10.
Amazon Linux is an operating system, and I can install any of the other tools such as DevOps tools and other back-end services, back-end servers, and also AWS tools. I primarily used it in an EC2 instance, and an EC2 instance can be combined with any AWS tool, per my knowledge. Amazon Linux is open to all AWS services. I can integrate any AWS service using Amazon Linux. It is a cloud service that I use. The updates will be done by Amazon. I do not need to do anything. Amazon and AWS will handle the updates of Amazon Linux. I rated this product nine out of ten.
Technical Lead at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Jan 23, 2026
Amazon Linux cost is free to use, which provides significant cost optimization benefits that we always leverage. My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is to use it and save your cost. I would rate this product nine out of ten.
My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux would be to be conscious about the differences between Amazon Linux and Ubuntu, as they look similar and have similar properties, but they need to have more knowledge for the initial setup, especially for downloading packages and dependencies. I would recommend obtaining more information on that topic. Before concluding, I would suggest that your platform could provide examples of pricing and examples of which companies work with AWS and which languages they use. Perhaps you could create a list of websites using Django and Next.js as well as those using JavaScript. When I have a new project, I could check if my project will fit on AWS and how the pricing will be structured, because whether I run microservices or a VPS or EC2 server, it would be helpful to know the pricing, features, and everything before purchasing and discovering everything after the project is developed and deployed, with no way to roll back. I give this product a rating of eight out of ten.
In terms of time saved when instances are booting up, you could easily see ten to twenty percent time savings just because Amazon Linux is a lighter distribution, so it would be quicker for your instances to boot up. Using Amazon Linux, you could very easily see maybe a ten to twenty percent speed increase as opposed to using heavier Linux distributions. I would recommend others to try Amazon Linux if they are going to run their applications on Amazon. If you are looking to run your applications on different clouds, you might want to prioritize a distribution which is more portable so you can more easily use it across different cloud platforms. I would rate Amazon Linux a nine out of ten.
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Jan 13, 2026
The product itself is very good; even if I switch organizations and they are not using Amazon Linux, I will share my experience that Amazon Linux has worked great for us in these use cases. I do not see any issues with the product; it is all good. I rate this product nine out of ten.
I use AWS, Azure, and I'm starting to use GCP, Google Cloud Platform. I have also used ZoomInfo. I have been using the product since its creation. I have not used the ZoomInfo product. With Amazon, I use AWS in infrastructure, EC2, S3, RDS, etcetera. Mostly infrastructure products, and in Azure, I use virtual machines, VNETs, and SQL Azure, etcetera. I have used Amazon Linux machines, but in some cases, I deliver Ubuntu servers, but I have used Amazon Linux machines as well. I use that feature in Amazon Linux, absolutely. I don't remember if I use the optimized kernel in Amazon Linux because I have used the Linux functions and the Linux functionality per se, but I'm not used to that functionality in AWS. I don't have so much experience regarding the pricing and licensing of Amazon Linux. We are partners with Amazon, we are registered partners, and we have several people certified in AWS, but we need to get much more business and pay the subscription to go to the next step in our level of partnership. I rate this review with an overall rating of 10.
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Nov 28, 2025
Azure and GCP each present different scenarios. We use Terraform because it is scalable and manageable across all clouds. I believe AWS could introduce a no-cloud approach where, as a developer and customer, I would not need to see infrastructure creations or infrastructure management. The system should be self-healing adaptively, with auto-patches that apply security patches through AI if required. I am more interested in that direction because AI is expanding and the world is moving faster with AI technology. In terms of pricing, compared to Azure, AWS is more reasonable because both follow a pay-as-you-go model. However, I feel Amazon follows minimal standards of pricing compared to GCP and Azure. I rate this review a 9.5 overall.
I would rate Amazon Linux a 9 out of 10. In my experience using it for production workloads over the past several years, Amazon Linux has been stable, lightweight, and well-optimized for AWS environments. The built-in integration with AWS services and continuous security updates makes it easy to manage, especially when working across EC2, EKS, and containerized applications. Overall, it has been reliable and efficient for the type of workloads I handle on a daily basis.
Cloud Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Nov 5, 2025
I have experience with Palo Alto and have mentioned it previously. I also have experience with AWS services and can discuss how they have been helpful. I have some familiarity with AWS CodeStar and other AWS tools. I do have experience with Amazon Linux and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. We are customers of AWS rather than partners. We use AWS services to solve our customer problems. To my knowledge, we are not partners who make products out of AWS services or sell through AWS, though I am still new to this role and may not know all the details. My review rating for Amazon Linux is between one to ten.
I deploy applications atop it. I mostly use it as a server for various DevOps concerns. For example, I have a Kubernetes server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is a DevOps pipeline that is fed by these separate servers. We always enable Amazon Linux. We don't switch it off and we do not put it in permissive mode. Where there are issues regarding permissions that Amazon Linux has enforced, we fix them and make it work. SE Linux is enforced on our machines. I have configured failover for clients using blue-green deployments, where we have identical servers running. That is how we implemented manual failover. They have identical systems running and when one stops working, for any reason, while we are fixing it, these clients remain live. Whenever I deploy solutions on Amazon Linux, I almost never have to worry about the operating system. Whenever I have problems, it is from the application itself. I have honestly never had any problems with Amazon Linux, aside from disk space issues. But no problems with the operating system itself. I work as a Linux Administrator, specifically in Linux Support. I rate Amazon Linux a 9 out of 10.
Amazon Linux is a secure and stable distribution for cloud environments, optimized for AWS performance. It is widely adopted by developers seeking minimal disruption in deployment and management, offering a seamless operational experience.Developed by Amazon Web Services, Amazon Linux provides an environment streamlined for performance on AWS infrastructure. By offering long-term support and regular security updates, it ensures crucial security and reliability. It is tailored to enhance...
I will provide a rating of eight for Amazon Linux. I am using a long-term support version of Amazon Linux, so there is no need for any other features. Amazon Linux provides different types of services that can be installed for DevOps automation, high-performance computing, virtual desktops, database management, microservices, containerization, and web services hosting. For all of these capabilities, I have provided a rating of eight out of ten. My overall review rating for Amazon Linux is eight out of ten.
Amazon Linux is quite customizable and highly flexible, especially when using cloud-init for automated, repeatable configuration during boot. For specialized workloads, I leverage Amazon Linux Extras library or specific repositories to pull in optimized runtimes such as Docker or Python without bloating the base image.The documentation and community support are top-notch. It is deeply integrated with the rest of the AWS ecosystem, making it easy to find specific configuration steps for services such as IAM or EC2. It handles security and compliance requirements quite well, as the documentation is excellent. The security of Amazon Linux is also excellent, so we do not have to worry about that. The compliance for Amazon Linux is top-notch for our organization. I would recommend using Amazon Linux without hesitation. In my experience, the customer support is quite reliable. Amazon Linux is quite stable, the documentation is great, and it is tightly integrated with the AWS service, so most of the support comes through the AWS support channel rather than a separate Linux support channel. I would recommend others who are going to use it feel confident using Amazon Linux without hesitation. The overall rating for this product is 9 out of 10.
The advice I would give to others looking into using Amazon Linux is that it is highly scalable and provides different types of microservices, so I kindly recommend these services for a reliable cost. My review rating for Amazon Linux is 7 out of 10.
I did not purchase Amazon Linux through the AWS Marketplace. If anyone is using the AWS platform and they require a RHEL-based OS, they must use Amazon Linux. It easily integrates with any services in AWS, and it is pre-installed with a few required tools, so it is very helpful. I have no additional thoughts about Amazon Linux before we wrap up. I found this interview fine, and I do not think there is anything I should change for the future. I give this product a review rating of 8.
I would rate Amazon Linux a 10 out of 10. I chose a 10 because it helps speed up deployments, it is really scalable, and it saves me a lot of headaches. I do not purchase Amazon Linux through the AWS Marketplace; I use AWS Amazon Linux from within the EC2 application and do not have to buy it in the marketplace. My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is to use it, and you will find new use cases for it; it will help you significantly in shipping faster. My overall review rating for Amazon Linux is 10.
Amazon Linux is an operating system, and I can install any of the other tools such as DevOps tools and other back-end services, back-end servers, and also AWS tools. I primarily used it in an EC2 instance, and an EC2 instance can be combined with any AWS tool, per my knowledge. Amazon Linux is open to all AWS services. I can integrate any AWS service using Amazon Linux. It is a cloud service that I use. The updates will be done by Amazon. I do not need to do anything. Amazon and AWS will handle the updates of Amazon Linux. I rated this product nine out of ten.
Amazon Linux cost is free to use, which provides significant cost optimization benefits that we always leverage. My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is to use it and save your cost. I would rate this product nine out of ten.
My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux is that you can use it without regret. I would rate this review at ten out of ten.
My advice to others looking into using Amazon Linux would be to be conscious about the differences between Amazon Linux and Ubuntu, as they look similar and have similar properties, but they need to have more knowledge for the initial setup, especially for downloading packages and dependencies. I would recommend obtaining more information on that topic. Before concluding, I would suggest that your platform could provide examples of pricing and examples of which companies work with AWS and which languages they use. Perhaps you could create a list of websites using Django and Next.js as well as those using JavaScript. When I have a new project, I could check if my project will fit on AWS and how the pricing will be structured, because whether I run microservices or a VPS or EC2 server, it would be helpful to know the pricing, features, and everything before purchasing and discovering everything after the project is developed and deployed, with no way to roll back. I give this product a rating of eight out of ten.
In terms of time saved when instances are booting up, you could easily see ten to twenty percent time savings just because Amazon Linux is a lighter distribution, so it would be quicker for your instances to boot up. Using Amazon Linux, you could very easily see maybe a ten to twenty percent speed increase as opposed to using heavier Linux distributions. I would recommend others to try Amazon Linux if they are going to run their applications on Amazon. If you are looking to run your applications on different clouds, you might want to prioritize a distribution which is more portable so you can more easily use it across different cloud platforms. I would rate Amazon Linux a nine out of ten.
The product itself is very good; even if I switch organizations and they are not using Amazon Linux, I will share my experience that Amazon Linux has worked great for us in these use cases. I do not see any issues with the product; it is all good. I rate this product nine out of ten.
I use AWS, Azure, and I'm starting to use GCP, Google Cloud Platform. I have also used ZoomInfo. I have been using the product since its creation. I have not used the ZoomInfo product. With Amazon, I use AWS in infrastructure, EC2, S3, RDS, etcetera. Mostly infrastructure products, and in Azure, I use virtual machines, VNETs, and SQL Azure, etcetera. I have used Amazon Linux machines, but in some cases, I deliver Ubuntu servers, but I have used Amazon Linux machines as well. I use that feature in Amazon Linux, absolutely. I don't remember if I use the optimized kernel in Amazon Linux because I have used the Linux functions and the Linux functionality per se, but I'm not used to that functionality in AWS. I don't have so much experience regarding the pricing and licensing of Amazon Linux. We are partners with Amazon, we are registered partners, and we have several people certified in AWS, but we need to get much more business and pay the subscription to go to the next step in our level of partnership. I rate this review with an overall rating of 10.
Azure and GCP each present different scenarios. We use Terraform because it is scalable and manageable across all clouds. I believe AWS could introduce a no-cloud approach where, as a developer and customer, I would not need to see infrastructure creations or infrastructure management. The system should be self-healing adaptively, with auto-patches that apply security patches through AI if required. I am more interested in that direction because AI is expanding and the world is moving faster with AI technology. In terms of pricing, compared to Azure, AWS is more reasonable because both follow a pay-as-you-go model. However, I feel Amazon follows minimal standards of pricing compared to GCP and Azure. I rate this review a 9.5 overall.
I would rate Amazon Linux a 9 out of 10. In my experience using it for production workloads over the past several years, Amazon Linux has been stable, lightweight, and well-optimized for AWS environments. The built-in integration with AWS services and continuous security updates makes it easy to manage, especially when working across EC2, EKS, and containerized applications. Overall, it has been reliable and efficient for the type of workloads I handle on a daily basis.
I have experience with Palo Alto and have mentioned it previously. I also have experience with AWS services and can discuss how they have been helpful. I have some familiarity with AWS CodeStar and other AWS tools. I do have experience with Amazon Linux and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. We are customers of AWS rather than partners. We use AWS services to solve our customer problems. To my knowledge, we are not partners who make products out of AWS services or sell through AWS, though I am still new to this role and may not know all the details. My review rating for Amazon Linux is between one to ten.
I am not using IPv6 and I'm okay with that. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Amazon Linux an eight.
I deploy applications atop it. I mostly use it as a server for various DevOps concerns. For example, I have a Kubernetes server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible server running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is a DevOps pipeline that is fed by these separate servers. We always enable Amazon Linux. We don't switch it off and we do not put it in permissive mode. Where there are issues regarding permissions that Amazon Linux has enforced, we fix them and make it work. SE Linux is enforced on our machines. I have configured failover for clients using blue-green deployments, where we have identical servers running. That is how we implemented manual failover. They have identical systems running and when one stops working, for any reason, while we are fixing it, these clients remain live. Whenever I deploy solutions on Amazon Linux, I almost never have to worry about the operating system. Whenever I have problems, it is from the application itself. I have honestly never had any problems with Amazon Linux, aside from disk space issues. But no problems with the operating system itself. I work as a Linux Administrator, specifically in Linux Support. I rate Amazon Linux a 9 out of 10.