This talk will discuss the experiences of being introduced to open source and Linux, the difficulties that were met when introducing open source to a company and how to apply it to projects. The audience does not need high level of technical expertise. This presentation is aimed at developers generally from the embedded industry to share insights in working with Linux and open source, UI frameworks and community developers in the hope it may help others. Anybody who has interest in open source projects, Linux, UI frameworks or the mobile sector should be interested.