For the record, in case it is not known. Lubuntu, and Ubuntu are the same. Except Lubuntu is Ubuntu using the LXDE Windows manager, instead of that crappy Unity garbage ;)
On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:07 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > I can tell you that DR Molloy's video while slightly outdated for the BBB > works fine. I set this up myself using Lubuntu 14.10, and the cross gcc > tools from the APT repo's "just work". However, having had many years of > experience with Debian, and a few ( off and on ) with Ubuntu, and usually > end up getting bitten by Ubuntu in the long run. > > I think i can offer you better advice though. Instead of dual booting, > perhaps get, install, use virtualbox, until you figure things out for > yourself. This is to say, play with ubuntu in a virtual machine, until > you're comfortable enough to make this call on your own. In this scenario, > you could also instal Debian command line only in a virtual machine. I did > this for about a year myself, until getting a busted eeepc, which i > promptly fixed well enough to work as a headless debian development > workstation. Prior to that, I also used a dual boot setup, but was Win7 x64 > and Debian 7 i386. I found this inconvenient though, and wound up just > using a virtual machine. > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Tom Olenik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So if seems like Debian is the more popular choice for distributions on >> the BBB, but it seems like I might like Ubuntu better on the PC. I want to >> set up Linux for dual boot on my Windows 7 machine for purposes of >> developing for the BBB. My question is will I run into many problems >> developing for Debian on the BBB if I install Ubuntu on the PC? Any good or >> bad experiences one way or the other? >> >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
