Use high-performance Linux to run all your cloud-based and enterprise applications.
Amazon Linux 2 is an operating system for Linux from Amazon Web Services. It provides a stable, high-performance, security-focused execution environment for developing and running cloud applications. Amazon Linux 2 comes at no extra cost. AWS provides Amazon Linux 2 with ongoing security and maintenance updates.
Amazon Linux 2 is optimized for performance and includes support for the latest Amazon EC2 capabilities. It includes packages to ease integration with AWS Services.
Amazon Linux 2 provides long-term support. Developers, IT administrators and ISVs can enjoy the predictability and stability that comes with a Long-Term Support (LTS), but still have access to the most recent versions of popular software.