On 11/28/2013 11:57 AM, John Syne wrote: > > > From: Don deJuan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 10:32 AM > To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can someone please calify the > differences on OS's for BBB > > On 11/28/2013 10:07 AM, William Hermans wrote: >> systemctl seems useful but I've yet to determine if I want it in >> "my" Debian. I already like Debian just how it is. > > I think you mean Systemd because systemctl is the command used to > control Systemd. Systemd is a replacement for SysVInit which enables > initialization to occur in parallel at boot time. It is this > parallelism that enables fast boot time. Koen Kooi demonstrated a boot > time of less than 1 second on Angstrom, but the same techniques can be > applied to any distro. Ubuntu by default uses Upstart rather than > using SysVInit. > > Regards, > John > >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Robert Nelson >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Michael Mullin >> <[email protected] <mailto:[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-${BOARD} >> <http://rcn-ee.net/deb/$%7BDIST%7D-$%7BARCH%7D/LATEST-$%7BBOARD%7D> >> 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] >> <mailto:beagleboard%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > Might as well get use to systemctl it is the way of the future in > Linux I believe. Way more powerful I think. > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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.
yes my bad mixed the two :P -- 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.
