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> Amazon Linux is a CentOS rebrand AL2 doesn’t map up to a single version of CentOS already and Amazon would probably be happy to move to being upstream of RHE
by cowsandmilk 6y ago
> Amazon Linux is a CentOS rebrand
AL2 doesn’t map up to a single version of CentOS already and Amazon would probably be happy to move to being upstream of RHEL for the sake of their kernel team.
Note AWS has a known limited set of hardware. While they do allow install of Amazon Linux outside AWS, that isn’t core to the business or product.
- koolba 6y ago> Note AWS has a known limited set of hardware. While they do allow install of Amazon Linux outside AWS, that isn’t core to the business or product. Amazon Linux outside of Amazon is purely to facilitate local build and test pipelines, both of which are meant to encourage AWS deployments. They don’t directly make money off it.
- schoolornot 6y agoA shame b/c they would get a ton of developer love by giving us what CentOS did.
- ghaff 6y agoYes, the issue isn't that people want another Red Hat family ecosystem distro. That want one that (nearly) exactly mirrors a specific RHEL point release plus major bug and security patches backports.
- zitterbewegung 6y agoAnd Amazon validates it on its hardware
- indymike 6y agoThe previous commenter clearly has not used AL2 and CentOS or they never would have claimed it is a rebrand.