I believe this is the video I followed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZHcH5quow
Not sure which blog post if any corresponds to this video. But as usual, DR Molloy does, and uploads great videos. Also, despite the fact that I'm still dubious where Ubuntu is concerned. DR Molloy seems to have been using it for several years. On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 10:10 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 I can tell you that DR Molloy's video while slightly outdated for the BBB 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.
