Automotive Linux Summit & Open Source Summit Japan 2018

KDE is one of the most solid Open Source community projects. It holds a wide experience in developing libraries, HMIs, applications and tools for different platforms and distributions. KDE is primarily knowns in the desktop space but the project developed solutions for touchscreens based devices like tablets and, more recently, mobiles.

The talk will start introducing KDE to the audience, focusing on those aspects that might be of interest for a future collaboration with Open Source automotive projects like AGL. Then, Agustín will describe the current state of the software developed by the KDE community for embedded and mobile devices, focusing on the current efforts to support KDE in Yocto. Finally, Agustin will focus that support the the idea of KDE becoming an outstanding strategic partner for automotive ecosystems interested in attracting Open Source application developers.