In order to support the $45 price tag, it was a bear bones offering. Circuitco was paying for the Angstrom support but the maintainer left Circuitco and went to another company.
TI supports mainline Linux, currently 3.12 and higher. We are moving in that direction as fast as we can from the 3.3 Kernel. Angstrom and Linux are distributions of the Linux OS. Gerald On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:08 PM, dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Allow me to add my support (AKA 2 cents) to this thread. Noting elsewhere > that CircuitCo has shipped over 100,000 units to date, if the cost had > included a couple of dollars for software development, that money could > have been put to good use. Also adding to the comment on TI, if they don't > provide support leading to the demand for the chip, the product will die. > It is in the interest of both TI and CircuitCo to see that at least one > underlying OS gets supported and will be around for a while. (At this point > I don't really care if it's Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, or even Slackware!) > > On my part, I just want an embedded system with Linux that "Just Runs!" I > place myself at a level slightly higher than novice since I have used (PC > based) Linux in previous projects. Admittedly, this platform is new and > there will be some pain in getting there, but I don't like seeing comments > of the nature that XXX OS is/will no longer be supported. I want to see > support from both TI and CircuitCo to ensure the continuing support of > their product. I just want to know that my efforts are not headed for the > proverbial drain even before I get it running. > > > On Monday, December 30, 2013 4:37:10 PM UTC-5, Mike Bremford wrote: > >> Aha, well that certainly explains it. Yes, I'd chip in to get cape >> support added to one of Robert's more recent (3.12 or 3.13) kernels with >> stable USB. Myself, I'd also be willing to pay slightly more per board >> (reasonable, as the result would be a better product), but I realise that's >> more contentious. >> >> >> On 30 December 2013 20:52, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Circuitco, breaks even, barely. Beagleboard.org makes no money at all. >>> >>> TI, well they make a little of the chips, but provides no funding for >>> BeagleBoard.org. >>> >>> Anyone willing to donate some funds so we can fund some SW developers? >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
