Hey Andre,
Thanks a lot for your replies. Yes, I had the same feeling when I browsed through documentation for the Edison, and Yocto. Have started looking at various distributions such as Debian and Ubilinux. I am quite new to Linux, but have worked extensively with other real-time OS's such as VxWorks, and mostly a bare-metal guy. Given enough information and/or a resonable support system, I feel I can eventually work out and solve issues I may find, and this was the reason for my query. I have worked a lot with the Arduino Teensy and am very familiar with that environment and the whole Arduino ecosystem.
I also thank MPayne and mmi for your responses. Its encouraging to hear that Intel plans to provide much more support than is available currently. This seems like such an awesome piece of hardware, am excited by the possibilities that it offers! MPayne, Shall wait for the next update, is this an update to the documentation available, a new image, Or both?
Thanks a lot!
-MK