Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group
Huxly Linux, Yocto! It's embedded!
November Meeting: Huxly Linux, Yocto! It's embedded!
Date: November 3, 2011 at
7 p.m.
Location: Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room B159
We will open with one or more Lightning talks, then the main presentation.
Introduction to Yocto
Speaker: Robert P. J. DayQuote: "The Yocto Project provides open source, high-quality infrastructure and tools to help developers create their own custom Linux distributions for any hardware architecture and across multiple market segments. The Yocto Project is intended to provide a helpful starting point for developers. The Linux Foundation welcomes the participation of embedded vendors, developers, and other open source projects."
Rob Day will provide an introduction to Yocto!
See: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/yocto
About the Speaker
Robert P. J. Day is a long-time Linux consultant and professional trainer, having taught for companies such as Red Hat, Sun, Global Knowledge and Protech Training. He currently resides in Waterloo, Ontario but is moving to Ottawa later this spring. His website is http://crashcourse.ca, and he can be reached at rpjday@crashcourse.ca.
Finding the Meeting Location
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Algonquin+College-Woodroffe,+Canadahttp://www.algonquincollege.com/main/yourAlgonquinTab/directions/woodroffeMap.htm
Algonquin College is close to the corner of Woodroffe and Baseline and right across from the Baseline transitway station. Room B159 is in Building B.
Free parking is available in lots 8 and 9 after 5pm. Parking Lot 12 seems to be Pay and Display, but also seems to be free for Part Time Studies Students after 5pm.
