What Linux Distribution is 'Amazon Linux AMI' built on?

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="amzn"
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="http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/"

Bruce

Posted 2017-04-27T16:35:55.223

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https://serverfault.com/questions/798427/what-linux-distribution-is-the-amazon-linux-ami-based-on – Jonathan Hult – 2017-12-19T18:22:51.963

Answers

Amazon 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.

Steven

Posted 2017-04-27T16:35:55.223

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Looks like CentOS is a community version of RedHat. So Amazon Linux may not be too far from CentOS/REDHAT. – Bruce – 2017-04-27T18:01:03.460

https://linux-audit.com/difference-between-centos-fedora-rhel/ – Steven – 2017-04-27T18:03:02.680

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.

Bruce

Posted 2017-04-27T16:35:55.223

Reputation: 23