Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

BigG — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:45:55 GMT

Shabaz

This is a great write up btw and I like the fact that you covered both Linux and Windows users.

As a SBC Linux novice, one thing I'm curious about is why create a new user and leave "debian" as a "user". Surely it is better to change the "debian" username to something else, or create a new user but then delete the "debian" user.

I was also curious about swap files. I know that with my old desktop computer, I was getting some lag as this computer has an old slow hard drive. I adjusted the swap config and it improved things. I spotted in the Ubuntu install guide a section on "Using a File for Swap Instead of a Partition". Was not sure if this is just for Ubuntu.

Cheers

Colin://

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

BigG — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:36:34 GMT

Emboldened by my positive experiences of switching over to Linux Ubuntu for laptop/pc and my desire to create and test a private Ethernet network (to hopefully add some bells & whistles to a road test), I eventually found my neglected Beaglebone black that has sat in a dusty box for good few years now.

I've just plugged in a mini USB cable.. and some twinkling blue LEDs have appeared as well as a flash drive / fancy icon, which is now on my desktop.

Happy days!!!

Opening up PuTTY I get a login screen... now that looks like a rather old distro.

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Looks like my first decision of the day to make is... Ubuntu or Debian... hmmmmmmm

Thankfully help is at hand with this very handy blog.... so you recommend Debian then or is it simply a case of using what you are used to.

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

jarzi — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:23:24 GMT

Hi,

How do I get a remote desktop login from windows, so that I can use the GUI.

Or are there remote desktop servers running on debian stretch 9.9 running on the SD card

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

shabaz — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 12:52:47 GMT

Hey @balearicdynamics !

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

genebren — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:30:52 GMT

shabaz,

Great write-up on bringing up a BeagleBone Black. Well done!

Gene

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

dixonselvan — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:01:01 GMT

Thanks, [mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] I haven't yet tried out any boards from Beagleboard.org but was planning to use. Have bookmarked your post for later reference when I get started.

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

Jan Cumps — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:13:44 GMT

In the comparison table it says that the Greens have a HDMI connector. They don’t.

Seeed has dropped that connector to create space for the options they added.

RE: Getting Started with BeagleBone Black

clem57 — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 01:38:33 GMT

Great write up[ [mention:b0bc65b9ecdc4307bd967592f00e340a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]. Are you going to do a project?

Clem