[HN Gopher] Ptxdist - "Professional Embedded Linux Made Easy"
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       Ptxdist - "Professional Embedded Linux Made Easy"
        
       Author : grodriguez100
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2024-10-07 15:44 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | varjag wrote:
       | It looks like a new iteration of Buildroot, which kind of slid
       | behind Yocto/OE in professional community. Is there any summary
       | why this would be preferable to either of those?
        
         | synergy20 wrote:
         | it's a decent distro with a much smaller community, I'll stick
         | with yocto and buildroot
        
         | chme wrote:
         | Not really new... https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/ptxdist/refs/
        
           | astrobe_ wrote:
           | So now the question is, why didn't it get traction in over a
           | decade?
           | 
           | Not excluding the possibility of an "hidden gem" here, and
           | people in embedded tend to be conservative, but to be honest
           | "professional" and "easy" in the same sentence looks a bit
           | suspicious to me.
        
             | chme wrote:
             | I suspect those reasons:
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             | - It couldn't find a feature-gap between buildroot and
             | OE/YP in order to differentiate itself and attract new
             | developers
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             | - It is more or less a one-vendor project
        
             | grodriguez100 wrote:
             | It is similar to buildroot, but more powerful. We have been
             | using it for 10+ years with very good results.
             | 
             | Why no traction? Not sure about that. Perhaps it was
             | difficult to communicate the benefits in an area where
             | buildroot was already well established.
        
         | grodriguez100 wrote:
         | I personally very much prefer buildroot over yocto, which feels
         | bloated (my opinion only). However buildroot has some
         | shortcomings that are important to me (for example it lacks a
         | package system, which makes it difficult to do partial
         | updates). Ptxdist adds this and also some other useful stuff,
         | such as a mechanisms for "layers" (similar to Yocto).
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         | I guess for me it just hits the sweet spot between simplicity
         | and flexibility.
         | 
         | My company has been using it professionally since 2014, and we
         | are very happy with the results.
        
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