Backporting is So 1993 - Building Better Embedded Products with Modern Open Source Technologies

Explore the challenges of maintaining long-term support software and learn innovative approaches to building better embedded products in this 44-minute conference talk by Ricardo Salveti and Michael Scott from Foundries.io. Discover why backporting critical fixes to outdated systems is becoming obsolete and how working with the latest community-driven software can address bugs, security issues, and performance improvements more effectively. Gain insights into leveraging cutting-edge open source technologies and design practices to enhance embedded product development and deployment. Benefit from the speakers' extensive experience in Linux embedded systems, kernel development, bootloaders, and IoT solutions as they present strategies for creating more secure and efficient embedded products.