Hi, in the same line of the mail that opened this thread, I wrote a blog post about it.
link: http://blog.toscalix.com/2016/10/automotive-what-opportunity-for-kde.html Best Regards Agustin Benito (toscalix) KDE eV member Profile: http://es.linkedin.com/in/toscalix On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Agustin Benito (toscalix) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > the new version of GDP-ivi9 is out[1], including Qt 5.3.2. There is an > image for RPi2 that might be the simplest way to test out what this > platform is about and evaluate what it takes to substitute the current > simple UI by Plasma . > > Let me know if you have any question. You can also ping the > integrators at #automotive in freenode. > > [1] https://projects.genivi.org/gdp/release_announcement > > Best Regards > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Montag, 11. April 2016 23:39:57 CEST Agustin Benito (toscalix) wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was unsure if this is the the right list for this since I a not >>> subscribed to plasma ML.. If not, apologies. >>> >>> The last few months I have been working on a project that could be an >>> interesting experiment for KDE. It is called GDP[1] (GENIVI Demo >>> Platform). >>> >>> GENIVI Alliance[2] is a group of 140 companies that design, spec and >>> develop Open Source middleware for automotive. GDP is GENIVI's >>> integration and delivery effort to ease the adoption, test and >>> development of those Open Source middleware components, specially >>> IVI[3] ones. To build the platform, Yocto project is being used. We >>> are currently working on porting GDP-ivi9 to QEMU, Renesas Porter and >>> RPi2 boards. >>> >>> Why this project might be of interest for KDE? >>> >>> In the coming days the GDP delivery team will release GDP-ivi9, which >>> includes Qt 5.3.2. In May we will start working in the new version, >>> which will hopefully bring a newer Qt version..The coming weeks we >>> will be collecting requests and discuss them, so this could be the >>> perfect time to evaluate Plasma on GDP.. >>> >>> GDP is being used by many companies as a platform to demo applications >>> and other software components for the automotive sector, specially in >>> R&D environments . >>> >>> Automotive is a sector that is currently moving from consuming Open >>> Source to producing it. This initiative would provide KDE a potential >>> new market for applications and it would reinforce KDE project in the >>> embedded world, beyond mobile, increasing Qt ecosystem interest in our >>> community. >>> >>> What do we need? >>> >>> My team is in charge of the integration and delivery of GDP. We can >>> work with KDE contributors to bring Plasma 5 into GDP. But first KDE >>> experts needs to evaluate if it is feasible and make sense. >>> >>> How to get GDP? >>> >>> Check the Download page[4] for the GDP-ivi9 RC1 for QEMU. If you know >>> about YOCTO, you can build GDP from scratch. The new version will be >>> available next week with easier to consume images. >>> >>> I would love to find a way to promote KDE in a new industry: >>> automotive. Drop me an e-mail or answer here if you think you can help >>> to evaluate this possibility. >> >> Hi Agustin, >> this does indeed sound like a great opportunity for us! >> I cannot give any feedback on the technical side, of course, but if there is >> any way I can help with my area of expertise, I'd be glad to! >> Cheers, >> Thomas >> _______________________________________________ >> kde-community mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community > > > > -- > Agustin Benito (toscalix) > KDE eV member > Profile: http://es.linkedin.com/in/toscalix
