Amazon Linux 2 reaches end of life on June 30, 2026, and for organizations whose migration is not already underway, the window to move deliberately rather than reactively is narrowing. Migrating business-critical workloads to a supported operating system takes real time, and this post guides organizations on developing a coherent long-term Linux strategy rather than a reactive point-in-time migration. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is positioned as a consistent, supportable destination that avoids repeating the same migration cycle in future years.