FreeBSD now offers Desktop AMIs for EC2, allowing users to run FreeBSD with graphical desktop environments (KDE, Xfce) via Remote Desktop Protocol, similar to Windows VMs but without OS licensing costs. The announcement includes a tutorial on launching and connecting to these AMIs using AWS CLI commands.
AWS announced general availability of T8i burstable EC2 instances powered by custom sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, offering up to 30% better price performance than T3 instances for low-to-moderate CPU workloads. T8i instances provide up to 70% higher compute performance and seamless migration from T3, available across multiple AWS regions.