[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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