50 % true The best hardware is useless without an operating systems. Most of this forum users are end-apllications developers, not kernel or embedded Linux developers. they expect quick results based on their current skills A wise producer will allways provide a solid operating system in order to sel his wonder hardware. Because this hardware is mainly aquired by end applications developers (90%) and not by kernel/Linux developers.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Hermans Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 12:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Angstrom Abandoned for BBB? Rumor + a Rant Well said Paulo, and I have to agree 100% on the instant gratification / getting something for nothing aspect. Also the amount of posts on the group that has nothing to do with with the hardware is staggering. Learning how to use Linux has nothing to do with electronics or the hardware provided by circuitco. I guess the acronym R.T.F.M. is lost on the current generation of users ? On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Paulo Ferreira <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On 30/12/2013, at 02:03, Mike Bremford <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Where is this documented? And why should I care? The above two paragraphs are > unintelligible to anyone that hasn't been involved in embedded Linux for some > time. > It seems you are "barking at the wrong tree". Unix is a tool. A powerful tool. As all powerful tools, power should come after some knowledge and practice. Think of a razor sharp kitchen knife, a chainsaw, an arc welding machine, a forklift, a pickup truck. All those are examples of very useful tools, but they only can be used in a productive way, after some practice time, and after having acquired some knowledge about how they work, and how to use them correctly. The standard phrase is that Unix is very user friendly, but picky about the friends... You can approach Unix at several levels: 1) User level - command line use of the Unix utilities, and understanding of shell scripts 2) Admin level - know how to manage users, programs, networking 3) Programmer - know the POSIX programming model and all the UNIX programming tools (config, make, gcc, etc...) 4) Kernel developer - all of the previous ones + how to compile a kernel If you want to work with BeagleBone, you must at least understand that many people are doing all those levels on the cutting edge of technology, and that knowledge takes time, because you need to make things, to understand how they work. The saddest thing, is that people want "things done" (or instant gratification) without "being involved". Open Source does not work that way, and most important, life does not work that way. In order to do things, in order to get what you want, you need to involve yourself. Happy New Year to All Paulo Ferreira -- 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]<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.
