Linux

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The full form is Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting, you can learn more about it’s history here. My day to day involves working with Linux, and maintaining a Linux Distribution for my company and building new features for the distribution. FOSDEM is great conference for Linux builders and even users to learn about the latest greatest happening in the community. ...

In this guide, we’ll be going over the steps involved to build a LiveCD Debian distribution using debootstrap with both legacy BIOS and UEFI boot support using GRUB2. Why build your own distribution, you ask? There are scenarios and use cases that necessitate packages, certificates or other artifacts are already installed in the OS Image that’s distributed in the machines that are shipped, this guide will go over the steps involved to build that image. ...

This guide outlines the steps involved to build a linux distribution using Yocto for AMD Ryzen Embedded v1000 Series SoCs with AWS SDKs, services, and software from the meta-aws layer. Prerequisites: To follow the steps image build section, you will need: A Supported Linux Distribution: You should have a reasonably current Linux-based host system. You will have the best results with a recent release of Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are frequently tested against the Yocto Project® and officially supported. I’ve tried building this with both Ubuntu 20.04 and Pop_OS! 22.04. ...