Yocto’s Mental Model and a Resource-Conscious Host

Distinguish the Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded, BitBake, Poky, and a generated Linux distribution by their roles.

Explain how declarative metadata, configuration, task signatures, and shared state enable controlled and reproducible build artifacts without guaranteeing reproducibility automatically.

Select a maintained Yocto LTS branch and use its matching documentation, migration notes, and release notes.