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Debian or Yocto Project - Which is the Best for Your Embedded Linux Project

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This talk compares Debian with Yocto Project for embedded Linux projects, demonstrating their approaches to board support, rootfs construction, development, software updates, and long-term platform control.

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Intro
About Chris Simmonds
The dilemma
Choices
Board support for Debian
Building a Debian rootfs
Developing on Debian: first pass
The "Golden Master"
What can go wrong?
Developing on Debian: second pass
A note about software update
Downsides of Debian
Yocto Project OpenEmbedded
Support for Yocto Project
Building a rootfs with Yocto Project
It's all in the metadata
Downsides of Yocto Project
Debian is best for...
Yocto Project is best for ...

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