[kde-embedded] KDE for Automotive: report 2018W25

[Agustin Benito (toscalix)]

Hi,

Agustin Benito (toscalix)
KDE eV member
Profile: http://es.linkedin.com/in/toscalix

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 4:46 PM, Agustin Benito Bethencourt <abenito at kde.org
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
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> this is a progress report of the KDE for Automotive/embedded initiative.
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> The latest updates in the KDE software port to YOCTO have gone very
> smoothly as our recipes are getting sufficiently generic and we have less
> and less patches.
>
> * KF5: currently at 5.46.0, 4 pending patches
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> * Plasma: currently at 5.12.4, 4 pending patches
>
>
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> Volker is waiting for delivery of a new RPI3/display set to finally move
> beyond an emulator image and have a real hardware demo in time for Akademy.
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> Regarding the Akademy talks, there will be a talk at Akademy about this
> effort, submitted by Andreas[2] and a lightning talk from Volker K.
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> I submitted some months ago a paper to introduce KDE and to provide
> updates about our progress in the mobile/embedded space at the Automotive
> Linux Summit[1]. The talk was put in the wait list and a little over a week
> ago I got notified by the content committee that there was a free spot so I
> could deliver it. With the help of KDE Promo Team, I created a slide deck
> in record time and did the talk yesterday. Around 30 people attended.
>
>
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> Please check the slides[3].
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> I am in conversations with AGL to explore the possibility of having
> somebody from this Linux Foundation Initiative at Akademy in Vienna.
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> In terms of promotion, the next goal, shared with KDE Promo Team, should
> be ELCE (CfP deadline July 1st)[4] or the AGL All Members Meeting, both
> taking place in Europe this autumn.
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>
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> [1] https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/
> automotive-linux-summit-2018/program/schedule/
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> [2] https://conf.kde.org/en/Akademy2018/
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> public/events/55
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> [3] https://www.slideshare.net/toscalix/kde-for-automotive-
> really-tell-me-more-about-it/toscalix/kde-for-automotive-
> really-tell-me-more-about-it
>
> [4] https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/elc-openiot-europe-2018/
> program/cfp/
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>
I forgot to mention that on week 24, during the FOSS Backstage 2018 event
in Berlin, I updated f2f Lydia P., our beloved President, about our
progress and intentions.

Best Regards

Agustin
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