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OpenEmbedded tools use these recipes to fetch and patch source code, compile and link binaries, produce binary packages (ipk, deb, rpm), and create bootable images. Historically, OpenEmbedded recipes were stored in a single repository, and the metadata was structured as what is now called "OpenEmbedded-Classic".
The distribution is the result of work by developers from the OpenZaurus, OpenEmbedded, and OpenSIMpad projects. The graphical user interfaces (GUIs) available are OPIE and GPE among other options. The Ångström distribution is in "competition" with Poky Linux [ 2 ] which is now part of the Yocto Project .
A key part of this is the OpenEmbedded build system, which enables developers to create their own Linux distribution specific to their environment. The Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded Project share maintainership of the main parts of the OpenEmbedded build system: the build engine, BitBake, and the core metadata
BitBake is a make-like build tool with the special focus of distributions and packages for embedded Linux cross compilation, although it is not limited to that.It is inspired by Portage, [3] which is the package management system used by the Gentoo Linux distribution.
Embedded software is computer software, written to control machines or devices that are not typically thought of as computers, commonly known as embedded systems.It is typically specialized for the particular hardware that it runs on and has time and memory constraints. [1]
OpenedHand, a computer software, was an embedded Linux start-up that was acquired by Intel in Q3, 2008. [1] [2] The firm developed an OpenEmbedded distribution called Poky Linux [3] (now part of the Yocto Project) and the Clutter library.
The first sub-project was Openmoko Linux, a Linux-based operating system designed for mobile phones, built using free software. The second sub-project was developing hardware devices on which Openmoko Linux runs. The first device released was the Neo 1973, [2] [3] in 2007, which was followed up by the Neo FreeRunner on 25 June 2008. [4]
Richard Stallman, the founder of the free software movement, was in 1999 skeptical on the idea and relevance of free hardware (his terminology for what is now known as open-source hardware). [79] In a 2015 article in Wired Magazine, he modified this attitude; he acknowledged the importance of free hardware, but still saw no ethical parallel ...