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+**********************************************
+The Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual
+**********************************************
+
+.. _overview-manual-welcome:
+
+Welcome
+=======
+
+Welcome to the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual! This manual
+introduces the Yocto Project by providing concepts, software overviews,
+best-known-methods (BKMs), and any other high-level introductory
+information suitable for a new Yocto Project user.
+
+The following list describes what you can get from this manual:
+
+-  `Introducing the Yocto Project <#overview-yp>`__\ *:* This chapter
+   provides an introduction to the Yocto Project. You will learn about
+   features and challenges of the Yocto Project, the layer model,
+   components and tools, development methods, the
+   `Poky <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#poky>`__ reference distribution, the
+   OpenEmbedded build system workflow, and some basic Yocto terms.
+
+-  `The Yocto Project Development
+   Environment <#overview-development-environment>`__\ *:* This chapter
+   helps you get started understanding the Yocto Project development
+   environment. You will learn about open source, development hosts,
+   Yocto Project source repositories, workflows using Git and the Yocto
+   Project, a Git primer, and information about licensing.
+
+-  `Yocto Project Concepts <#overview-manual-concepts>`__\ *:* This
+   chapter presents various concepts regarding the Yocto Project. You
+   can find conceptual information about components, development,
+   cross-toolchains, and so forth.
+
+This manual does not give you the following:
+
+-  *Step-by-step Instructions for Development Tasks:* Instructional
+   procedures reside in other manuals within the Yocto Project
+   documentation set. For example, the `Yocto Project Development Tasks
+   Manual <&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;>`__ provides examples on how to perform
+   various development tasks. As another example, the `Yocto Project
+   Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit
+   (eSDK) <&YOCTO_DOCS_SDK_URL;>`__ manual contains detailed
+   instructions on how to install an SDK, which is used to develop
+   applications for target hardware.
+
+-  *Reference Material:* This type of material resides in an appropriate
+   reference manual. For example, system variables are documented in the
+   `Yocto Project Reference Manual <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;>`__. As another
+   example, the `Yocto Project Board Support Package (BSP) Developer's
+   Guide <&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;>`__ contains reference information on
+   BSPs.
+
+-  *Detailed Public Information Not Specific to the Yocto Project:* For
+   example, exhaustive information on how to use the Source Control
+   Manager Git is better covered with Internet searches and official Git
+   Documentation than through the Yocto Project documentation.
+
+.. _overview-manual-other-information:
+
+Other Information
+=================
+
+Because this manual presents information for many different topics,
+supplemental information is recommended for full comprehension. For
+additional introductory information on the Yocto Project, see the `Yocto
+Project Website <&YOCTO_HOME_URL;>`__. If you want to build an image
+with no knowledge of Yocto Project as a way of quickly testing it out,
+see the `Yocto Project Quick Build <&YOCTO_DOCS_BRIEF_URL;>`__ document.
+For a comprehensive list of links and other documentation, see the
+"`Links and Related
+Documentation <&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#resources-links-and-related-documentation>`__"
+section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.