Getting a lot of drivers, a functioning network stack and all those other neat things in one package is really comfortable. And if it is connected to the intern

Getting a lot of drivers, a functioning network stack and all those other neat things in one package is really comfortable. And if it is connected to the internet (and an actual product) it might need an update, which should be easier to do with a full-fledged system underneath it then writing everything yourself. Sure it is overkill for a lot of stuff, but as IoT grows by the second there are more than enough use cases for embedded linux