Adam Asked: 2011-02-25 12:58:07 +0800 CST2011-02-25 12:58:07 +0800 CST 2011-02-25 12:58:07 +0800 CST Amazon AWS EC2 Free Tier ubuntu desktop AMI 772 So I'm a bit of a newbie to linux and I wanted to check it out on amazons EC2 free tier. Anyone know of an AMI that has ubuntu desktop on it that is in 10GB in size range for the free tier? Thanks. ubuntu amazon-ec2 3 Answers Voted Best Answer John Mark Mitchell 2011-03-28T23:13:34+08:002011-03-28T23:13:34+08:00 For anyone who finds this via Google, try the official Ubuntu AMIs that work: http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2010/11/using-ubuntu-images-on-aws-free-tier/ Updated link: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/ Mark 2011-02-25T14:13:51+08:002011-02-25T14:13:51+08:00 @Adam If those fail try this: Find an AMI you like here http://bitnami.org/stacks Then follow the instructions here http://bitnami.org/article/how-to-install-ubuntu-desktop-on-ec2-ebs Mark 2011-02-25T13:19:33+08:002011-02-25T13:19:33+08:00 Give this a try http://alestic.com/2008/04/ubuntu-desktop-ec2 It looks like there is another user that experienced this issue here. Need Ubuntu AMI of 10GB in size for Amazon AWS Free Usage Tier in Region "EU West"
For anyone who finds this via Google, try the official Ubuntu AMIs that work:
http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2010/11/using-ubuntu-images-on-aws-free-tier/Updated link: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/
@Adam
If those fail try this:
Find an AMI you like here http://bitnami.org/stacks
Then follow the instructions here http://bitnami.org/article/how-to-install-ubuntu-desktop-on-ec2-ebs
Give this a try http://alestic.com/2008/04/ubuntu-desktop-ec2
It looks like there is another user that experienced this issue here. Need Ubuntu AMI of 10GB in size for Amazon AWS Free Usage Tier in Region "EU West"