Driving Cars Into The Future with Linux

May 23, 2016

I don’t think much about it while I’m driving, but I sure do love that my car is equipped with a system that lets me use a few buttons and my voice to call my wife, mom, and children. That same system allows me to choose whether I listen to music streaming from the cloud, satellite radio, or the more traditional AM/FM radio. I also get weather updates and can direct my in-vehicle GPS to find the fastest route to my next destination….

In a recent news roundup, Scott Nesbitt cited an article that said Ford Motor Company is getting substantial backing from a rival automaker for its open sourceSmart Device Link (SDL) middleware framework, which supports mobile phones. SDL is a project of the GENIVI Alliance, a nonprofit committed to building middleware to support open source in-vehicle infotainment systems.

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