KEYNOTE Panel: Is Android The New Embedded Linux

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Panel asserts Android is not a drop-in replacement for classic embedded Linux but a platform-first stack that often gets silicon ports and video drivers sooner; companies still use Yocto/OpenEmbedded, BusyBox and Yocto project to produce repeatable images and handle GPL obligations. Android rewrites userspace (bionic, toybox) and favors Java APIs and app ecosystems, can be trimmed for low RAM but brings larger footprints and binary blobs (Nexus moved from two to six), while CTS and a CTS zero-blob goal govern compatibility.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:30Introductions
3. 1:45Why Android
4. 3:20Linux Foundation
5. 3:53What is Embedded Linux
6. 8:19Why is Embedded Linux so popular
7. 8:47Is Embedded Linux realtime
8. 11:26Realtime means being fast enough
9. 12:35Linux is fun
10. 13:44Android is attractive
11. 16:23Android familiarity
12. 16:57Android port first
13. 17:15GPUs
14. 17:40silicon support
15. 17:52video driver support
16. 18:57API level
17. 20:38Do they know the low bits
18. 21:05Dialers
19. 21:49Drawbacks of Android
20. 22:20Classic Embedded Tradeoff
21. 22:58Magazine Ad
22. 23:17Limited Edition
23. 23:39Android
24. 25:56Community
25. 27:18Transparency
26. 30:56Android Oneway Ticket
27. 32:26Is Android The New Embedded Linux
28. 35:01Android at the right time
29. 35:44UI development
30. 37:34COBOL
31. 38:37Is Embedded Linux the new Android
32. 40:42App Store paradigm shift
33. 41:34Android licensing
34. 43:29Abuse of licenses
35. 45:15PowerVR
36. 46:09Licensing Issues
37. 49:57Android Linux Stacks
38. 50:50Android in a VM
39. 51:51Angry Birds
40. 52:30Traditional Embedded Linux
41. 54:14Android Will Wipe Embedded Linux
42. 54:31The Loom
43. 55:59Questions
44. 57:02VER

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