IMHO, many people will pay a few dollars more for BBB hardware to cover for a software professional salary. Do not let the BBB die.
On Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:35:34 AM UTC+11, William Hermans wrote: > > Personally, I'd rather that TI kept their sticky paws off of the > development as much as possible. Watching the SGX/DRM driver progression > should be warning enough. > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:24 PM, John Syne <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> From: Anguel <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Reply-To: <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 3:09 PM >> To: <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Cc: <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Angstrom Abandoned for BBB? Rumor + a Rant >> >> >> >> On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:20:07 PM UTC+1, Jason Kridner wrote: >>> >>> We are working with Robert Nelson's Debian images to try to produce an >>> out-of-box experience on par with the Angstrom images. Once we have a >>> few more features in, namely an updated Cloud9 IDE that works with >>> node 0.10, then we'll push out a beta image broadly for testing. >> >> >> It is good news that you are working with Robert on Debian. IMHO this is >> the way to go. Robert is doing so much for the BBB community. TI should >> support him in every way they can. >> It is a fact that BBB developer resources are extremely limited. So >> efforts should really concentrate on getting the serious stuff working >> properly, I mean the basic things a serious developer needs: kernel + >> stability + Qt, because Linux is used for touch GUIs, not as a desktop >> replacement. >> For me Linux Desktops, Cloud9, USB networking etc. is just a big waste of >> precious development time, unless the intention is to fool new customers >> that the BBB is something easy to use. This is definitely not the case and >> will never be! Just have a look at all the posts in this thread. >> >> Actually, Cloud9 together with DojoToolKit is amazing for developing Web >> based GUI. Using websockets makes the GUI very responsive. >> >> >> >> The LCD Cape vendors should push support for their hardware into >>> https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel and >>> https://github.com/beagleboard/cape-firmware. CircuitCo does so. >>> Github pull requests are the best way to do so. >>> >> >> The problem with touch was that someone ported the ADC / touchscreen >> stuff from an upcoming TI kernel to the 3.8 kernel and some things broke. >> Then this somebody just did not have the time to fix the bugs and they >> stayed there. I already discussed this in another thread. >> >> Use Capacitive based touchscreen. These interface via USB. >> >> >> >> Anguel >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
