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kdar

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Arch Linux on Pandaboard?

I am University student, and, shortly, I will start working for one of my professors. His main area of research is in embedded systems.

Currently he has plans to do some projects with Pandaboard, Arduino and few other embedded boards. But speaking particularly on Pandaboard...

Do you think ArchLinux would be a good alternative to Ubuntu? as for as having lighter system, less bloated. He tried to use Ubuntu on Pandboard, but had some difficulties, and I proposed to him to use ArchLinux as alternative, since you can select only needed packages during install.

I tried to search online, if there was any work done with Pandaboard using ArchLinux, but I found nothing (seems like people tried to install only Ubuntu or Andriod).

What do you all think? Have anyone use those board before?

Here is link to that Pandaboard, if you don't know about it: http://pandaboard.org/

Last edited by kdar (2010-12-02 03:23:42)

Allan

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Re: Arch Linux on Pandaboard?

I'd check out what the Arch Mobile people are doing:  http://www.archmobile.org/ .   But I think that may be slightly dead...

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drcouzelis

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Re: Arch Linux on Pandaboard?

As much as I love Arch Linux, if I were installing an operating system onto an ARM computer, I think I would choose one designed specifically for it. For example, Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD have native ARM ports.

I guess it also partially depends on your goal: is your goal to get an operating system INSTALLED on the computer, or is it to USE the computer?

I think this website would be a good place to get help on small ARM computers: http://openplug.org/

Disclaimer: I have no experience with ARM computers.

Zeist

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Re: Arch Linux on Pandaboard?

I wonder if Plugbox Linux might be interesting:

http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Po … gbox_Linux

It's Arch built for ARM for minimal computers like for example the Sheevaplug.

Last edited by Zeist (2010-12-02 20:38:43)

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kdar

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From: Sweet home Alabama!

Registered: 2009-06-27

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Re: Arch Linux on Pandaboard?

thanks all for links and ideas. I will check if people talk about Pandaboard on there.