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• 2026-06-09

  End-to-End Testing Across the Whole Matrix

  Every night, [yoe] builds six images — ARM and x86 across Alpine, Debian, and Ubuntu — boots each one under QEMU, and SSHes in. If login breaks on any of them, we find out before you do.

• 2026-06-08

  Adding Ubuntu — almost for free

  [yoe] now builds Ubuntu images too. Because it's apt underneath, the second distro in the family cost a fraction of the first — the backend isn't Debian support, it's apt-family support.

• 2026-06-03

  Adding Debian — and what it weighs

  [yoe] now builds Debian images alongside Alpine. Each backend is a real tradeoff — Debian brings a far larger package catalog, Alpine a much smaller and faster image — measured side by side on the same target.

• 2026-05-14

  When LTS fits — and when it doesn't

  Long-Term Support makes sense for static embedded systems. Dynamic edge systems need a different model — and a different build tool.