On 12/02/2014 09:48 PM, ivo welch wrote: > > dear bbb experts. > > for the beaglebone black: > > I was playing around with the ubuntu 14.04 and 13.10 images, but this > may not be the right route. (on ubuntu, I can't get the fb to work > right, X is not installed, and it does not come up as 192.168.7.2. > so, maybe I was going too exotic.) are the linux distributions on > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images the two preferred distributions, > as of late 2014? if so, the two distroes seem to be either debian or > angstrom. the debian distro is about 7 months old, the angstrom one > is about 1.5 years old (although the flasher is 3 months younger than > the distro). their ages seem curiously dated. but if it works, it works! > > what do jason and other BBB key developers use? is angstrom or debian > now the right "supported mass" choice? > > regards, > > /iaw > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. per the website Debian is the "official" distro. I personally run Arch Linux ARM on all mine.
As to your no X on whatever image, that could have been easily solved installing the desktop of your choice. Pretty much everything you asked for can be found on the main beagle site or the elinux pages for the beagles -- 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.
