The Linux Foundation Member Summit 2020

The Yocto Project builds on technology created by the project technical partner OpenEmbedded. Started in 2003 to create file systems for consumer embedded Linux devices such as the Sharp Zaurus, the project has evolved over 17 years in ways the founders never imagined. Today, the Yocto Project is the foundation for embedded devices from leading hardware vendors, running spacecraft payloads in earth orbit and beyond, and moving into the container space in embedded systems and larger.

This talk will talk about how the project grew from a small group of hackers into the market leading buildsystem for Linux distributions. Along the way we learned many things of value to newer projects, hopefully this talk will save them repeating our mistakes.

The talk concludes with our vision for the next 10 years. What have we learned by listening to our user base and what we need to execute this vision.