The good news is that there is an Amazon Workspaces Linux client. If you happen to use Ubuntu, you can use the [official instructions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/userguide/amazon-workspaces-linux-client.html#linux_setup Amazon Workspaces Linux client docs). But what if you're on an rpm-friendly distribution like Fedora or CentOS?
alien to the rescue.