On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:20 PM, CoffeeAddictOwl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
That's the console here: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-09-03 > 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 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 > and is titled "Flasher: lxde: 1.7G Free", so I wonder whether if the former > image isn't applicable for a rev. C board. Stop worrying, "all" those images will work on the C.. But if you try to flash the "flasher" marked as only "BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC)" on to a Rev A/B with only 2GB eMMC.. you deserve the randomness. Is the "BBW/BBB" header not clear? Or do i have to do "ALL BBW/BBB"... Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- 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.
