Ptxdist – "Professional Embedded Linux Made Easy"

[grodriguez100]

https://www.ptxdist.org/

[varjag]

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 → varjag]

it's a decent distro with a much smaller community, I'll stick with yocto and buildroot

[chme → varjag]

Not really new... https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/ptxdist/refs/

[astrobe_ → chme]

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 → astrobe_]

I suspect those reasons:

- It couldn't find a feature-gap between buildroot and OE/YP in order to differentiate itself and attract new developers

- It is more or less a one-vendor project