AGL (Linux for your car), Ace, and Autotools

Looks like we have a very interesting program lined up for our KyOSS meeting this Wednesday Aug. 9.

• Dennis Field will be telling us about AGL (Automotive Grade Linux) (https://www.automotivelinux.org/), the open-source project that Toyota and 100 other partners (https://www.automotivelinux.org/about/members) are developing for in-car use. AGL was in the news (http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84724.html) this week as they released their version 4.0. The 2018 Toyota Camry will feature (https://www.automotivelinux.org/announcements/2017/05/30/automotive-grade-linux-platform-debuts-on-the-2018-toyota-camry) AGL. Dennis is an active contributor to the AGL project.

• Jim Troy will be telling us about ACE (https://ace.c9.io/), an open-source online code editor, and how he is using it in his online learning project at http://ace.jetroy.info/ . ACE is the code editor used by the Cloud9 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud9_IDE) cloud-based IDE, a cloud service whose codebase is open-source (https://github.com/c9). The Mozilla Bespin/Skywriter project was folded into ACE.

• Jeff Squyres will talk about the GNU Autotools (Autoconf, Automake, Libtool) that are typically used for building open source software (usually C, C++, Fortran based applications -- they're not usually used with Java or other compiled languages).

As usual, we'll try to make time for open discussion and any additional ad-hoc presentations you all might have.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., at TEK Systems (in the first-floor conference room of the Steel Technologies Bldg., 700 N. Hurstbourne Pkwy.).

Our hearty thanks to TEK Systems for sponsoring us by providing both the venue and refreshments!

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