I do not need to read an article or google John, I've had tons of experience with both.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 9:37 AM, John Syn <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 11:55 PM > > To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Setting up TFTP and NFS > > *Debian might be perceived as more stable, but it uses old version of >> almost every package and the core repository is way smaller than Ubuntu so >> you have to hunt around for other repos to find the packages you need and >> then Debian becomes less stable.* >> > > Hunt around for what packages ? In the context of the current discussion > I've never had to "hunt" for anything. I've had to compile my own stuff > from sources when I wanted something custom . . . Now if you want cutting > edge stuff, you're almost certainly going to run into trouble no matter > what distro you use. But that is not what we're talking about. We're > talking about running a distro in a VM for the sole purpose of supporting > the Beaglebone black. > > The following article does a pretty fair comparison of Ubuntu vs Debian. > > http://www.udemy.com/blog/debian-vs-ubuntu/ > > Just search google for “Ubuntu vs Debian” and there are many more articles > that help explain which OS is right for you. > > Regards, > John > > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:55 PM, John Syn <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> From: Brian Anderson <b...@nwlink.com> >> Reply-To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 12:48 PM >> To: "beagleboard@googlegroups.com" <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Setting up TFTP and NFS >> >> >> If you want my opinion, ditch Linux mint *NOW*. Personally I will not use >>> anything other than Debian for a support system to the BBB, and would NEVER >>> use X for this purpose. Especially in a VM . . . >>> >>> Yeah yeah, Linux mint is based on Ubuntu and Debian( testing ) ( >>> depending on version ), but thats part of the problem. >>> >>> >> Hmmm, OK! Would you like to enumerate why you wouldn't use Mint? I was >> under the impression the Mint-17 is based upon Ubuntu 14.04LTS, and thus >> fairly stable. Personally, I can't stand Unity...but YMMV. What distro >> would you suggest? >> >> Well, at the moment, all I have is my MBP laptop to support this effort. >> So, either I setup NFS on the MAC and hope for the best, or use a VM >> running some Linux. I thought I'd give the VM approach a try as a first >> step in order to not introduce native MAC NFS vagaries into the mix. >> Probably could try that option now that I have things limping along. >> >> When you say NEVER use X, I'm assuming you mean running X windows on a >> dev env (Linux Mint)? I'm not running X on the BBB (well, I do often use X >> forwarding to the MAC/XQuartz for stuff like (gasp) emacs, xterm, ...). My >> thought was to do dev on the MAC (straight away or via a VM) using a shared >> file system between the MAC and BBB so I didn't have to copy files around, >> nor risk loosing everything if the BBB goes toes in the air or the uSD >> craps out. >> >> I have a MBP which I love, but I wouldn’t use it for development for the >> same reasons I wouldn’t use Windows for development and that is because >> neither support case sensitive file system. Also, OSX tools are quite old >> and sometime incompatible with their GNU equivalents (options are different >> more often than not compared to GNU versions), so you have to use MacPort, >> HomeBrew, Fink, etc. Regarding Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, etc, there isn’t >> really much between them other than personal preferences. There are both >> benefits and downsides to each, so choose one and stay with it. Truly >> speaking, each one needs some work to get it stable and working the way you >> want. Debian might be perceived as more stable, but it uses old version of >> almost every package and the core repository is way smaller than Ubuntu so >> you have to hunt around for other repos to find the packages you need and >> then Debian becomes less stable. Ubuntu was a bit flaky for a while, but >> 14.04 is much better and the distro I use daily. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> >> I'm all ears on suggestions for a good dev setup though! >> >> Cheers, >> >> ba >> >> -- >> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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