Well as with anything, Debian does require some understanding of what you're doing. For some I suppose it could have a steep learning curve. IMHO, Debian is best run with no X. As such a strong understanding of commands available, and the command line interface is a must.
You can get a Debian install for the BBB in as little as ~64M in size. This is pretty much a bare install so would not do much. However depending on your build strategy, and knowledge of exactly what you need. I'm sure you could build your own image using Xfce, Xenomi, etc in under 1GB size. Possibly far smaller( no hand on here ). Learning how all this works however can be a huge time investment. Perhaps one you're unwilling, or even unable to accept at this time. On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info, gives me a place to start. I tried the > LinuxCNC/Machine Kit Debian based image (easiest way to get a working > Xenomi real-time system to play with), but it was tight on a 4GB SD card > and the GUI performance was flat out terrible. I apt-get installed > synaptic after I'd ran the script to expand the image to fill my 8GB SD and > figured I'd be in great shape, but I couldn't figure out how to make the > menu item for it work. I could run synaptic with /usr/sbin/synaptic but my > initial impressions were pretty poor. > > I may give the straight Debian image a try eventually, but so far I'm > impressed enough with what Angstrom has to offer in a 1.5GB load that I'm > willing to put some effort into continuing with it. The Angstrom GUI seems > at least as responsive and much more stable than anything I had running on > the much more powerful PandaboardES which ended up being my greatest Linux > disappointment. > > The real strength of Debian/Ubuntu is odds are you're not the first to > encounter the issue and the user forums almost always hold the answers. > > If what I'm doing doesn't seem very coherent, its because I'm trying to > move forward with several projects in parallel > > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 9:48:08 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: > >> apparently for Angstrom its opkg list-installed refer to this: >> >> http://gumstix.org/add-software-packages.html >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:42 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not sure it is available or not in Angstrom but with Debian you just use >>> "*dpkg -l"* That a lower case L ( el ). Then I'll assume you could do *opkg >>> remove package_name(s)* >>> >>> I might add, if you're having difficulties learning, because the lack of >>> Angstrom documentation is hindering you, I might suggest you move to a >>> Debian image. With Debian you can literally google "Debian howto xyz", and >>> find tons of information. This is why I made teh switch with my own A5A >>> last may or so. >>> >>> -- > 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.
