I wonder what Linux distribution is for the AWS LINUX AMI so I used this command:
$ cat /etc/os-release
The info shows below suggests the Linux distro is Fedora. Why people say Amazon Linux is CentOS?
NAME="Amazon Linux AMI"
VERSION="2016.09"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2016.09"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2016.09"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2016.09:ga"
HOME_URL=""
2 Answers
Looks like Fedora, Redhat, centOs are almost the same thing. See explain here
Redhat is based on Fedora
CentOs is based on Redhat
Amazon Linux AMI is based on Fedora.
2Amazon Machine Image - Wikipedia
Amazon has their own Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This offering has been in production since September 2011, and in development since 2010.
