Re: Opportunity with Autmotive Linux

[Christian Hergert <christian hergert me>]

On 07/07/2015 04:48 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> You guys might have recalled the keynoe from Nathan last year regarding
> the Tizen stack.  If you read this article:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/646930/
>
> You can see that AGL is working on their own distro based on Tizen-IVI. 
> Now, if you recall there are a lot of GNOME components that are included
> in Tizen-IVI, and I think we have an opportunity.  While Tizen was
> really about HTML5 applications, car manufacturers want to write native
> apps.  If we can send someone to an automotive conference to talk about
> the GNOME stack, I think we could really make a difference and take
> GNOME into some cool places.
>
> After all, what would a stripped down GNOME environment for a car look
> like? That would be pretty interesting.. I would love to see a GSOC
> project for this.

Depending on timing and such, it would be something I'm capable of. I
have a bunch of experience rebuilding cars too.

-- Christian