In addition, while everyone loves Ubuntu, many AWS clients are using Linux without support. Of the 364,000 Ubuntu instances currently in use, only 190,000-plus are from Canonical.

How to install the most current AWS CLI version on Ubuntu AWS CLI is always updated, but the version you install using the terminal might not be the correct one.

Canonical has fine-tuned the Ubuntu kernel for better performance on the Amazon Web Services cloud, reportedly providing 30 percent faster bootups in a smaller package.