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/
>>
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>     Might as well get use to systemctl it is the way of the future in
>     Linux I believe. Way more powerful I think.
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yes my bad mixed the two :P

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