Nathan Blackham

I work for AWS, but my tweets and my thoughts are my own.

[AWS Open Source @AWSOpen]

Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) is now available. 🎉 Our new Linux-based operating system for AWS is designed to provide a secure, stable, high-performance environment to develop and run your cloud applications. Learn more
👉 https://t.co/oJpDbZZZdf

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

I am so glad that Amazon Linux 2023 is out the door. It has a great project t to work on and I am excited for our customers to use it. #al2023 #amazonlinux
https://t.co/QIJddcffMp

[Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) @Det_Conan_Kudo]

@_msw_ Congratulations! It's a new era for Amazon Linux!

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

https://t.co/7vpfBAs0rj

[Stewart Smith @stewartsmith]

We are hiring a Principal Developer Advocate for Amazon Linux and Bottlerocket!

IMNSHO we’re awesome people to work with and it’s an exciting time where we look to the future with Bottlerocket and an AL based on Fedora.

https://t.co/ohTYXBMFyd

[Stewart Smith @stewartsmith]

We now have this packaged in Amazon Linux 2. Comes with script that will try to apply the hotpatch to running JDK8 and JDK11 JVMs on install, plus a cron job that looks every 30 min.

yum install log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch

Not a substitute for updating log4j.

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@jerickso @stewartsmith You can eat it raw too.

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

https://t.co/KqoBHLo4Z3

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@acruiz @ric__harvey @awscloud @AWSOpen We are planning on just using the kernels with longer support. 5.15 is the plan to start with AL2022. I would expect one or two updates to the kernel over the 5 yr support lifespan.

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@nikovirtala @rothgar @fedora We are planning on sticking with the naming scheme from here on out.

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@toenobu Yes it does

[Stewart Smith @stewartsmith]

You can also leave feedback for Amazon Linux 2022 up on GitHub: https://t.co/tDuntThac6

[Stewart Smith @stewartsmith]

One of the most interesting (to me) is what we call version locking. This locks an AMI to a particular snapshot of the package repository, providing incredible deterministic behavior for customers. Launching AMI X, installing packages Y and Z will always do the same thing.

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

We launched Amazon Linux 2022 today in Tech Preview.

I am super excited about this next version of Amazon Linux. https://t.co/XCB6m4E2P9

[Amazon Web Services @awscloud]

The public preview of Amazon Linux 2022, a modern distribution of Linux, optimized for the cloud, with a focus on stability, security, and performance is now available. 👍 https://t.co/PGIj2MYcJ1

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

Amazon Linux is looking to hire a few Software Engineering Managers to help us build up the future of Amazon Linux. These include the ability to dive deep in the core of the OS and help define how to make it better for our customer…https://t.co/zYxSGqs3Um https://t.co/hycTe2wAgo

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

Come work with us! We would love to talk to you if you are interested or want to learn more. https://t.co/zPhey5cbEt

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@Garmin my daughter's vivosport watch band just broke. I can't find the serial number to put into the form to get it exchanged since the watch band can't be replaced. I can't find the serial number in the app or the device itself either. How do I get it replaced?

[Nathan Blackham @kemotaha]

@cloudbart @AWSSupport cloudbart, I am on the Amazon Linux Team, can you send me details (DM or here) on what document you are following. Details on the client that you are using to connect would be helpful. Thanks!