Now Available: Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 Posted by mmcclellan on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @05:30PM from the aws.amazon.com dept. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-linux-ami-2015-03/ ( 1 comment | 6 points | on HN )
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/
FAQ; https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/