The Yocto Project, A Linux Foundation Project

A message from our architect Richard Purdie: It gives me great pleasure to be able to announce that we have filled the two recently advertised positions. I'd like to welcome Paul Barker as our Ecosystem Engineering and Operations Lead. Paul has been around both the Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded for a long time and is a name many will recognise. You will start to see Paul helping out with the day to day running in various areas of the project, giving the project some redundancy and enabling me to take a break too. I'd also like to announce Yoann Congal with backup from others at Smile as our new LTS maintainer as Steve Sakoman takes a well deserved retirement. Yoann/Smile have been doing great work on meta-openembedded with our various metrics and tracking tools as well as being active in various project meetings including bug fixing so many of you know him already. There will be an transition period as we transfer the role. I want to take the opportunity to say a huge thanks to Steve Sakoman for looking after multiple LTS releases in a careful, considered and smooth way. I no longer had to worry about them, I could just trust everything was being handled which is probably the best way I can illustrate the job Steve has been doing. So a huge thanks to Steve, I (and the project) really do appreciate what you've achieved there and you set a high standard to follow! I also want to thank all who applied for these roles, there were many good candidates and the final decision was a tough one so thanks to everyone who applied. ----- Original message at https://lnkd.in/dhndHshk

The countdown is on: exactly 24 hours left until we kick off the Yocto Project Summit 2025.12. Check the schedule and grab your seat now: https://lnkd.in/dp3CrHGr

424.020! Thats the number of seconds left until we kick off the Yocto Project Summit 2025.12 on Thursday, December 2. Not signed up yet? Head over to https://lnkd.in/dp3CrHGr and make sure to not miss out.✅

Many people have questions. Thats nice, you will learn. Some people also have answers. Are you one of those? If you have answers in, on, or around anything OpenEmbedded , head over to the OE Workshop CFP and submit: https://lnkd.in/dMigBuSi The workshop will take place on February 2, the Monday after FOSDEM in Brussels.

In Germany, Santa Claus drops by on December 6. Put something on your nice list in time: join the Yocto Project Summit 2025.12. Check out the schedule and register at https://lnkd.in/dp3CrHGr

Time to conquer another summit, together! The Yocto Project, A Linux Foundation Project Summit 2025.12 offers an exciting schedule with lots of insights directly from users, developers and maintainers. So don't miss out and grab your seat now at https://lnkd.in/dgfCTCVd. Where? Virtual. When? December 2-4, 12:00-18:00 UTC plus complimentary hangout after hours What? https://lnkd.in/dZrjX3QH Check the schedule again soon, we'll even have more additions👍

The event season is upon us! Remember those important dates: - Nov 7th: Yocto Meetup in Karlsruhe: https://lnkd.in/dJwZwdA4 - Dec 21th: CFP for OpenEmbedded Workshop in Brussels: https://lnkd.in/dMigBuSi And stay tuned, the next news are already in the pipeline...

Sitting in your office? Beating your head against your desk, cursing a BSP? You're not alone. Get up, get out, and join the meetup in Karlsruhe on November 6, at 18:00. Anna-Lena and Vyacheslav will share their war stories and findings, and there is even 🍕! Hurry up and grab your seat at https://lnkd.in/d79QV7FB

Want to be a Yocto guru? You don't necessarily have to sit in hallways and hack away. Use the fast track and join the Yocto Project Summit 2025.12, December 2nd - 4th, all virtual. The CFP is still open, giving you the perfect opportunity to share insights, knowledge and good vibes: https://lnkd.in/dd6Pxubt

Shhhh... have you heard of our opening as Ecosystem and Engineering Operations Lead? If not, hurry up! Applications will close on October 6th. https://lnkd.in/dVV8TYJc