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Amazon Linux vs Debian: 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); Debian: The Universal Operating System. 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.
Amazon Linux and Debian belong to "Operating Systems" category of the tech stack.
Zomato, esa, and Webedia are some of the popular companies that use Debian, whereas Amazon Linux is used by Advance.Careers, INTI, and Facilita.tech. Debian has a broader approval, being mentioned in 387 company stacks & 390 developers stacks; compared to Amazon Linux, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 23 developer stacks.
Pros of Amazon Linux
Pros of Debian
- Massively supported51
- Stable47
- Reliable18
- Turnkey linux use it7
- Aptitude7
- Customizable6
- It is free6
- Works on all architectures4
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Cons of Amazon Linux
Cons of Debian
- Old versions of software9
- Can be difficult to set up on vanilla Debian2
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