Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Amazon Linux stands out thanks to its tight integration with many Amazon Web Services (AWS) services, long-term support, and a compiler, build toolchain, and LTS Kernel tuned for better performance on Amazon EC2.

What version of Linux is Amazon Linux 2?

Amazon Linux 2 AMI is available with both kernel 4.14 and kernel 5.10.

Is Amazon Linux 2 based on CentOS?

The company is a little mysterious about the source code for Amazon Linux 2. … So it is possible to get the kernel source, but the AWS approach is not a collaborative one. The operating system seems to be based on CentOS 7.