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BBB Debian vs. Angstrom

rmele14

I want to switch to Debian but I'm afraid!.. I've written a few PRU programs and use the gpio libs. Will I need to relearn how to access the PRU and the device tree for Debian? I was a pain to learn for Angstrom.

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    Along that line, can you guys tell us the main differences between the two, please?  Guess we should stay with the 3.18 kernel on both, for a proper comparison.

    Thanks.

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    I don't know the differences, but Debian has wider support. It's considered mainstream. I did switch and everything I did before, including the PRU code works.

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    I am having trouble telling the difference.

     

    Some minor differences:

    The time protocol client is active by default on the new Debian distribution, whereas you had to enable it on Angstrom.

     

    The source code for the device tree files is in a different folder.

     

    All my previous source code runs as before on the new BBB Debian distribution.

     

    The distribution is larger.  Debian pretty much fills 2 GB of memory.  So I don't think you

    would be happy running Debian on the 2 GB Flash version of BBB. Probably stick

    with Angstrom if you are running a 2 GB BBB.

    Either Angstrom or Debian should run fine on the 4 GB version.

     

    If you are adding an overlay device tree file, you need to do it from "root", rather

    than the user "debian."  The allowed activities that "sudo" is allowed, as a user, is more

    restricted under Debian.  If you log in as "root", no issues as compared to before.

     

    --- Graham

     

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    I am having trouble telling the difference.

     

    Some minor differences:

    The time protocol client is active by default on the new Debian distribution, whereas you had to enable it on Angstrom.

     

    The source code for the device tree files is in a different folder.

     

    All my previous source code runs as before on the new BBB Debian distribution.

     

    The distribution is larger.  Debian pretty much fills 2 GB of memory.  So I don't think you

    would be happy running Debian on the 2 GB Flash version of BBB. Probably stick

    with Angstrom if you are running a 2 GB BBB.

    Either Angstrom or Debian should run fine on the 4 GB version.

     

    If you are adding an overlay device tree file, you need to do it from "root", rather

    than the user "debian."  The allowed activities that "sudo" is allowed, as a user, is more

    restricted under Debian.  If you log in as "root", no issues as compared to before.

     

    --- Graham

     

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