Fastest way to try out Yocto

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## Useful links
# https://docs.yoctoproject.org/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.html
# https://github.com/crops/poky-container
# https://ubs_csse.gitlab.io/secu_os/tutorials/crops_yocto.html

Install Docker and QEMU on the host

mkdir -p /home/jberi/yocto
docker run --rm -it -v /home/jberi/yocto:/workdir crops/poky --workdir=/workdir
git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
cd poky
git checkout -t origin/scarthgap -b my-scarthgap
git pull
source oe-init-build-env

# add to `/build/conf/local.conf`
BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "8"
PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j 8"

bitbake core-image-minimal

# On the host

cd /home/jberi/yocto/poky
source oe-init-build-env
runqemu qemux86-64