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How to do Embedded Linux [not] right
Differences to PC Linux


Differences to Linux on a PC
In the Embedded world
I often do not have a choice of which distro to run
There might actually be no distribution
No regular security updates
Often no package management for deploying those updates
If there are distributions, they either need to use the kernel from the BSP (which is ages old) or create yet another custom off-mainline branch/port

personal git repositories of Harald Welte. Your mileage may vary