This books assumes some basic working knowledge of GNU/Linux systems and applications such as the bash shell and derivatives, as well as standard tools such as grep, patch, and diff. The examples have been tested with an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system, but any Linux distribution supported by the Yocto project can be used.

The book is structured to follow the usual development workflow of an embedded Linux product, but chapters, or even individual recipes, can be read independently.

Recipes take a practical, hands-on approach using an NXP i.MX6-based system, the Wandboard Quad, as base hardware. However, any other i.MX-based hardware can be used to follow the examples.