[yocto] use case howto?

[Gary Thomas]

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

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