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Re:Rocky Linux 8.4 RC1 by sofixa on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:14AM (#27568689)
> Why doesn't Amazon and friends just make a dist that is not tied to Red Hat?

Because RHEL is a known distro many vendors test for and allow. Having compatibility with it is a huge boon for adoption, since you can just use lots of software. If you do a distro from scratch, you're on your own.

Re:Rocky Linux 8.4 RC1 by cpach on Sunday June 20, 2021 @07:37AM (#27569119)
This. Amazon probably believes that doing their own distro would be both harder and more expensive.