From: William Hermans <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 11:55 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Setting up TFTP and NFS
>> Debian might be perceived as more stable, but it uses old version of almost >> every package and the core repository is way smaller than Ubuntu so you have >> to hunt around for other repos to find the packages you need and then Debian >> becomes less stable. > > Hunt around for what packages ? In the context of the current discussion I've > never had to "hunt" for anything. I've had to compile my own stuff from > sources when I wanted something custom . . . Now if you want cutting edge > stuff, you're almost certainly going to run into trouble no matter what distro > you use. But that is not what we're talking about. We're talking about running > a distro in a VM for the sole purpose of supporting the Beaglebone black. The following article does a pretty fair comparison of Ubuntu vs Debian. http://www.udemy.com/blog/debian-vs-ubuntu/ Just search google for ³Ubuntu vs Debian² and there are many more articles that help explain which OS is right for you. Regards, John > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:55 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Brian Anderson <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 12:48 PM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Setting up TFTP and NFS >> >>> >>>> If you want my opinion, ditch Linux mint *NOW*. Personally I will not use >>>> anything other than Debian for a support system to the BBB, and would NEVER >>>> use X for this purpose. Especially in a VM . . . >>>> >>>> Yeah yeah, Linux mint is based on Ubuntu and Debian( testing ) ( depending >>>> on version ), but thats part of the problem. >>>> >>> >>> Hmmm, OK! Would you like to enumerate why you wouldn't use Mint? I was >>> under the impression the Mint-17 is based upon Ubuntu 14.04LTS, and thus >>> fairly stable. Personally, I can't stand Unity...but YMMV. What distro >>> would you suggest? >>> >>> Well, at the moment, all I have is my MBP laptop to support this effort. >>> So, either I setup NFS on the MAC and hope for the best, or use a VM running >>> some Linux. I thought I'd give the VM approach a try as a first step in >>> order to not introduce native MAC NFS vagaries into the mix. Probably could >>> try that option now that I have things limping along. >>> >>> When you say NEVER use X, I'm assuming you mean running X windows on a dev >>> env (Linux Mint)? I'm not running X on the BBB (well, I do often use X >>> forwarding to the MAC/XQuartz for stuff like (gasp) emacs, xterm, ...). My >>> thought was to do dev on the MAC (straight away or via a VM) using a shared >>> file system between the MAC and BBB so I didn't have to copy files around, >>> nor risk loosing everything if the BBB goes toes in the air or the uSD craps >>> out. >> I have a MBP which I love, but I wouldn¹t use it for development for the same >> reasons I wouldn¹t use Windows for development and that is because neither >> support case sensitive file system. Also, OSX tools are quite old and >> sometime incompatible with their GNU equivalents (options are different more >> often than not compared to GNU versions), so you have to use MacPort, >> HomeBrew, Fink, etc. Regarding Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, etc, there isn¹t really >> much between them other than personal preferences. There are both benefits >> and downsides to each, so choose one and stay with it. Truly speaking, each >> one needs some work to get it stable and working the way you want. Debian >> might be perceived as more stable, but it uses old version of almost every >> package and the core repository is way smaller than Ubuntu so you have to >> hunt around for other repos to find the packages you need and then Debian >> becomes less stable. Ubuntu was a bit flaky for a while, but 14.04 is much >> better and the distro I use daily. >> >> Regards, >> John >>> >>> >>> I'm all ears on suggestions for a good dev setup though! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> ba >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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