I've been looking at this board with the 7" touch display as something new to play with. But reading the comments on the sellers page it seems many people haven't had any luck with getting the Linux kernel from them and/or getting Linux to actually work on it.
After asking on the Arch form I was pointed at the IRC channel. As I'm not much of an IRC person and found this list thought I'd try here first. My questions are: How far has anyone actually got toward this being a useable general hacking (hardware) board under Linux? Is there a basic distro to download to the SD that at least boots and gets you Keyboard, Display, and Network? Is it worth the $$ or is it better to get something else (cubieboard2 with the breakout board seems similar)? If there isn't a distro, how hard is it to get this up and running for someone who has a little experience compling drivers and apps for Linux but not the entire kernal itself? Any and all info greatly appreciated, I don't have a lot of $$ to waste so I'd like to make a good purchase the 1st time :) - Jeremy PS: The two projects I was thinking of for this device (or whatever I get) are a small Node.js Webserver to take to my kids events (they race) to enter the details of their races on and provide a webpage to other members of the details of the races. Nothing fancy; Express.js and LevelUp on the app side and a small wireless hub hooked to allow general access. Battery powered from 12v car plug. Headless operation. The other is in the kitchen as a general internet appliance for the wife. Calendar, Recipes, Internet Browser. Using the 7" display. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
