If your project can get away without having to build your own images; I would recommend Amazon Linux to anybody using EC2. I've used Amazon Linux AMI's since 2

If your project can get away without having to build your own images; I would recommend Amazon Linux to anybody using EC2. I've used Amazon Linux AMI's since 2012 on several different instances. At first `ps aux` you might think you are using *BSD! Here are two useful links. Regarding Amazon Linux AMI security updates; https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ FAQ; https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/