On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Michael Mullin <[email protected]> wrote: > I too, find arch to be a superior distro for beaglebone. I like it above > the ubuntu or angstrom distros because > 1) using the 3.12 kernel + regular kernel updates from pacman
lol!! That statement is funny, as the arch guys actually use the kernel patch hosted on my servers that i use for the ubuntu/debian images. They just have the "updates" better integrated, via pacman: https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/blob/master/core/linux-am33x/PKGBUILD#L20 For ubuntu/debian you can "update" on every update via: export DIST=raring (options are lucid/precise/quantal/raring/saucy/trusty/squeeze/wheezy/jessie) export ARCH=armhf (options are armel/armhf) #BeagleBone export BOARD=omap-psp wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/${DIST}-${ARCH}/LATEST-${BOARD} wget $(cat ./LATEST-${BOARD} | grep STABLE | awk '{print $3}') sudo /bin/bash install-me.sh But honestly, I'm still from the embedded background, usually you install one kernel and never update it while deployed in the field, plus i was to lazy to setup a deb repo. ;) > 2) installing a gui is easy and it works. I have not had success installing > a GUI on ubuntu. The lxde desktop seems a wee bit faster on arch vs debian, > but this is hardly objective. I've seen that too, although i'm not a desktop guy, so we really need someone to look at the installed packages and find a better recpie then this one i just threw together.. https://github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/blob/master/debian/small-lxde-desktop.sh > 3) starting to enjoy the systemctl stuff that arch uses With my images, i'm looking to switch "jessie" to that by default too.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
