From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (hermes.mlbassoc.com [64.234.241.98]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1AFE0138C for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 14:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 2210116608B2; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 15:04:54 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10AA1166089B; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 15:04:53 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <4EB85604.50109@mlbassoc.com> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:04:52 -0700 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110930 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Abernathy References: In-Reply-To: Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: use case howto? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:04:59 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2011-11-07 14:59, James Abernathy wrote: > I approach embedded Linux from a path of taking a Distro like Ubuntu or Fedora and chopping it down to a working set of code that forms the final solution. Obviously, not the same > methology as Yocto. With some success with the current methods, it's difficult to see the advantages of Yocto. I'm reading what I can find to get smarting on Yocto, but like most > new concepts, you try to compare what you used to do with how to do it with the new concept. > For example, if I use a distro, I can install packages really simply with yum or apt-get; update them the same way. If I start with a Yocto meta-??? that's closest to my hardware > solution, and get it working at a base level, how do I add things, like browsers, or other application? Using very similar tools - zypper is just like yum, or if you choose to use ipk packages, opkg -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------