To be sure, there is more than what little i mentioned. In the PC world Ubuntu is known as the user friendly Debian based distro, where Debian is light weight, known to be super solid and preferred for servers / mission critical applications.
However in the case of the BBB I think the differences are considerably blurred by comparison. Since we're not very likely to run Compiz for a "beautiful" desktop on our BBB's, and numerous other points. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 7:02 PM, David Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/22/2014 07:15 PM, William Hermans wrote: > > Actually, the best is the one you want to use most. So, in other words, > you're asking a subjective question. > > The kernel between Ubuntu and Debian is the same, the only difference is > the rootfs, where Ubuntu uses upstart, while Debian uses a more > traditional init.d init daemon. > > If you do not have much hands on with either, then either would probably > work fine for you. My own personal preference is Debian, because I have had > years of hands on with it. > > Also with Debian, you can use systemd. Just add the option to uEnv.txt as > follows: > > #Optional arguments > optargs=init=/bin/systemd > > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 5:09 PM, rh_ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You'll have to define best better. >> >> On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:49:31 -0700 >> Jerry Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Just got my B^3 and have heard that Angstrom is not a very good OS. >> > I will be using it for projects (I2C, A/D, and GPIO), with Adafruit's >> > GPIO python module. >> > >> > Which one is the best? Ubuntu, Debian, other? >> > >> > Jerry >> > >> > -- >> > Extra Ham Operator: K7AZJ >> > Registered Linux User: 275424 >> > Raspberry Pi and Arduino developer >> > >> > There are 10 kinds of people in the world: >> > Those who can read binary and those who can't. >> > >> > -- >> > 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 beagleboard >> > [email protected]. For >> > more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
