What is Amazon Linux 2023?
Learn about Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023), the next generation of Amazon Linux from Amazon Web Services. Develop and run cloud and enterprise applications in a secure, stable, and high-performance runtime environment. With AL2023, you get an application environment that offers long-term support with access to the latest innovations in Linux. AL2023 is provided at no additional charge.
Topics
- Comparing Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023
- Release cadence
- Naming and versioning
- Performance and operational optimizations
- Relationship to Fedora
- Using Deterministic upgrades through versioned repository
- Customized cloud-init
- Security updates and features
- Networking service
- Core toolchain packages glibc, gcc, binutils
- Package management tool
- Default SSH server configuration
- Setting SELinux modes
- Comparing Amazon Linux 2023 standard (default) and minimal AMIs
- Kernel Live Patching on Amazon Linux 2023
