Very little John, but know that MINT has two "inner distro's" You have regular which is based on Ubuntu, and LMDE which is Linux Mint Debian Edition( testing branch). I tried LMDE and was not impressed.
Debian IMHO isn't meant as a desktop OS, although some people use it as such and it works very well for them. For me Debian is perfect for how I personally think the BBB *should* be used. Which is to say, not a desktop replacement. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:36 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: William Hermans <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 7:32 PM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: What OS to use? > > 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. > > I’ve always used Ubuntu for my Desktop and over the last few releases, > Ubuntu has become more flaky so I had heard that Debian is rock solid as > you said. I started out with Debian Wheezy 7.4 and noticed that the kernel > was still at V3.2 which seems really old. What I also noticed is the Debian > package manager isn’t as comprehensive as Ubuntu and I have to track down > tons of third party repos to get the packages I needed. I also had issues > with the nouveau driver for my Nvidia 670 card so I installed the Nvidia > native driver and that seemed to work better. From what I’ve read, the > Debian Testing repo is also very reliable (better than Ubuntu) so I updated > and now the kernel is v3.13. BTW, I found Gnome on Debian to be flaky (both > on Wheezy and Sid). For example, updating the desktop background causes a > segfault. This is a known issue and there are several suggesting > workarounds, but no fixes yet. Maybe I’m missing something here. > > Debian is my preferred solution for BBB, but for now I think I’m going to > stick with flaky Ubuntu for my Desktop. Anyone have any experience with > MINT? > > Regards, > John > > > > > 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. 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