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Amazon Linux vs Android OS

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Overview

Amazon Linux
Amazon Linux
Stacks145
Followers149
Votes0
Android OS
Android OS
Stacks1.9K
Followers524
Votes21

Amazon Linux vs Android OS: What are the differences?

Amazon Linux: The Amazon Linux AMI is a supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon EC2. The Amazon Linux AMI is a supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2); Android OS: An open source mobile operating system by Google. It is a mobile platform which powers phones, tablets, watches, TVs, cars etc. It makes doing business easier, in the office or out in the field. Manage entire fleets of devices with a touch. Keep corporate data protected with built-in security. And help your employees get more done.

Amazon Linux and Android OS can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.

Some of the features offered by Amazon Linux are:

  • AWS Integration
  • Secure Configuration
  • Package Repository Access

On the other hand, Android OS provides the following key features:

  • Powers phones, tablets, watches etc
  • Ultimate security
  • Build anything on Android

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Detailed Comparison

Amazon Linux
Amazon Linux
Android OS
Android OS

The Amazon Linux AMI is a supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

It is a mobile platform which powers phones, tablets, watches, TVs, cars etc. It makes doing business easier, in the office or out in the field. Manage entire fleets of devices with a touch. Keep corporate data protected with built-in security. And help your employees get more done.

AWS Integration;Secure Configuration;Package Repository Access;Security Updates;Lightweight;AWS Support
Powers phones, tablets, watches etc; Ultimate security;Build anything on Android; Manage entire fleets of devices with a touch
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Pros
  • 4
    Customization
  • 3
    Not Apple
  • 3
    Open Source
  • 3
    Material Design
  • 3
    Google
Integrations
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Android Studio
Android Studio
Kotlin
Kotlin
Android SDK
Android SDK
Gmail
Gmail
Google Drive
Google Drive
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator
NativeScript
NativeScript
Viber
Viber
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi
WhatsApp
WhatsApp

What are some alternatives to Amazon Linux, Android OS?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux

It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

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