[HH] Yocto Project
Kurt Keville
kkeville at MIT.EDU
Sun Nov 24 23:59:07 EST 2013
My experience with Yocto Arago Linux (on the TI Keystone-II) has been quite negative. It uses opkg as a package manager and there is nothing of any value in the repository. I probably haven't tried it enough yet but I will... meanwhile, I am sticking with a full embedded distro...
On Nov 24, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> More on the Yocto Project, mentioned in the MinnowBoard post. (And more
> on the MinnowBoard.) An interview with Scott Garman, Technical
> Evangelist for Yocto.
>
> http://circuitcellar.com/featured/scott-garman-technical-evangelist/
>
> NAN: What is the Yocto Project?
>
> SCOTT: The Yocto Project is centered on the OpenEmbedded build system,
> which offers a tremendous amount of flexibility in how you can create
> embedded Linux distros. It gives you the ability to customize nearly
> every policy of your embedded Linux system.
>
> I've developed training materials for new developers getting started
> with the Yocto Project, including "Getting Started with the Yocto
> Project--New Developer Screencast Tutorial."
>
>
> https://www.yoctoproject.org/
>
> It's not an embedded Linux distribution - it creates a custom one for
> you
>
> The Yocto Project is an open source collaboration project that
> provides templates, tools and methods to help you create custom
> Linux-based systems for embedded products regardless of the hardware
> architecture.
>
>
> -Tom
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