Greetings, I'm just about to get my BeagleBone Black (Revision C) and wish to customize it once I get it, with the goal to get the slimmest, lightest and thinnest software setup possible and start from there, installing software as I need them.
I wish: - to be able to interact with the board through SSH & SCP, - to be able to interact with the GPIO-pins, - to be able to compile and run applications written in C, C++, Java and Python, - to retain the possibility to utilize the hardware to its fullest extent, - and of course, to be able to re-flash the eMMC if I would ever need to However, I do *not* wish: - to have any GUI at all (desktop environment, window manager, etc) - to have Cloud9, GateOne, Avahi nor MPD You may wonder what my intention is with these wishes; it's to, performance-wise, get the most out of my BBB - without any services running in the background and consuming resources, and unneeded software taking up space. Now to my question: *How should I proceed, in order to adapt my setup according to my wishes?* I guess that I'll have to start by re-flashing the board with a lightweight Linux-distribution and then go from there and install whatever I need. But, since I'm new to BBB and Linux (I've *some *experience with the latter, but I'm willing and ready to learn), I would highly appreciate any recommendations on what Linux-distribution I could go for and in what order I shall install the software and perhaps drivers that I will need in order to be able to do the stuff I mentioned. I've noticed that Debian images listed for BBW/BBB <http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB>come in different configurations, such as the one that's listed as "*Console: Flasher: (202Mb used)*" which seems like something for me, but what worries me is that an image for BBB rev. C is listed separately <http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBB_Rev_C_.284GB_eMMC.29> and is titled "*Flasher: lxde: 1.7G Free*", so I wonder whether if the former image isn't applicable for a rev. C board. My question reminds me of this guy <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw-NxQ_-OCI> - but please bear with me as I'm new to the BBB and Linux. Also note that English isn't my first language - so I'm sorry if I'm unclear with what I want to achieve, and don't hesitate to ask for clarification! Thanks in advance! -- 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.
