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> Ubuntu was made the default instance on EC2 Citation needed. If Amazon Linux is still the default, you're wrong. It is based on CentOS, uses RPMs and yum.
by scott_karana 11y ago
> Ubuntu was made the default instance on EC2
Citation needed. If Amazon Linux is still the default, you're wrong. It is based on CentOS, uses RPMs and yum.
- Alupis 11y agoI thought that was common knowledge? Amazon Linux is now the default instance, but that was not always the case. Ubuntu enjoyed a huge uptick in "cloud" usage because of EC2.
- scott_karana 11y agoAmazon Linux is not based on Ubuntu. (And I edited my comment since the wording was unclear... sorry if that caused confusion)
- TallGuyShort 11y agoI think they mean Ubuntu was the default before Amazon Linux was even a thing. As I recall, that's correct, but I don't know where to find a citation on that. Amazon Linux only rolled out to production in 11/2011, so less than half of EC2's life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Machine_Image#Amazon_Linux_AMI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Machine_Image#Amazon_Li.... It's
- scott_karana 11y agoAh, you might be right. I can't find anything in a quick search of archive.org and old press releases, except that Canonical did offer an official Ubuntu AMI pretty far back in the day. Still can't find out what the default EC2 linux was based off though.