On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 10:16:22 PM UTC-8, William Hermans wrote: > > Quite honestly, I have no interest in Ubuntu on this platform. For me, > this is a true embedded platform, unlike many other boards out there. With > that said, 99% of use cases that I can think of do not require a UI running > on the board it's self, per se. Which is the only place I feel Ubuntu > belongs( mostly in the context of desktops ) > > Anyway, headless, and perhaps a minimal webserver( etc ) for remote access > / management is what I prefer, and for that role Ubuntu is not the right > distro. >
That is your choice but let it be stated that Ubuntu is quite commonly used for headless server systems and there has long been an installation mechanism for such server based systems. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/install-ubuntu-server And Robert Nelson has done some great work at keeping kernels and other parts updated for ARM devices( 4.x kernel too ): http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Method_1:_Download_a_Complete_Pre-Configured_Image -- 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.
