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Ubuntu vs Yocto: What are the differences?
Ubuntu: The leading OS for PC, tablet, phone and cloud. Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers; Yocto: An open Source embedded Linux build system. It is an open source collaboration project that helps developers create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware architecture. It provides a flexible set of tools and a space where embedded developers worldwide can share technologies, software stacks, configurations, and best practices that can be used to create tailored Linux images for embedded and IOT devices, or anywhere a customized Linux OS is needed.
Ubuntu can be classified as a tool in the "Operating Systems" category, while Yocto is grouped under "Infrastructure Build Tools".
According to the StackShare community, Ubuntu has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2563 company stacks & 9695 developers stacks; compared to Yocto, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Ubuntu is much more faster over Windows and helps to get software and other utilities easier and within a short span of time compared to Windows.
Ubuntu helps to get robustness and resiliency over Windows. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested. LibreOffice (Ubuntu's default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.
Global familiarity, free, widely used, and as a debian distro feels more comfortable when rapidly switching between local macOS and remote command lines.
CentOS does boast quite a few security/stability improvements, however as a RHEL-based distro, differs quite significantly in the command line and suffers from slightly less frequent package updates. (Could be a good or bad thing depending on your use-case and if it is public facing)
At the moment of the decision, my desktop was the primary place I did work. Due to this, I can't have it blow up on me while I work. While Arch is interesting and powerful, Ubuntu offers (at least for me) a lot more stability and lets me focus on other things than maintaining my own OS installation.
Pros of Ubuntu
- Free to use226
- Easy setup for testing discord bot96
- Gateway Linux Distro56
- Simple interface53
- Don't need driver installation in most cases7
- Many active communities4
- Open Source4
- Easy to custom2
- Many flavors/distros based on ubuntu1
Pros of Yocto
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Cons of Ubuntu
- Demanding system requirements4
- Adds overhead and unnecessary complexity over Debian3
- Systemd1
- Snapd installed by default1
Cons of Yocto
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