Re: Why so little info on the Pocket Beagle?
Yes and no, the kernel and applications have been proven stable, only
the outer hardware is experimental. There wouldn't be millions of
Android phones running Linux kernels if they were unreliable. In the
early 2000's I was so fed up with Slackware I was learning FreeBSD and
OpenBSD. My Raspberry Pi's have been excellent but they also aren't
bleeding edge. Appliance-grade reliability, well-suited to the task
of being computers for education with few surprises.
On 10/4/17, Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think thats true of the ARM target over all, being more fluid than other
> architectures right now.
>
> It does remind me of the X86 space back in the early 2000's ( kernel
> 2.2.10/12 etc etc ) ..
>
> Nige
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 9:00 PM, Alan Corey <alan01346@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I thought that was what was supposed to happen, but I think Pocket
>> Beagles are bleeding edge period. I'm not sure how you make the
>> transition, stay on the edge for a year or so then load up another SD
>> with stable I guess. Where it's a case of not having all the pins
>> defined yet in anything, I'm definitely interested in activating all
>> the hardware features. Normally I run stable, maybe even a couple
>> years behind in OpenBSD. In Debian I don't touch testing any more.
>> At least it's easier to switch SD cards than hard drives.
>>
>> On 10/4/17, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Um no I dont think so,
>> >>
>> >> Here is why, as these kernels by Robert have worked real well with my
>> >> BBB
>> >> Rev B. I have had on odd occasions a kernel panic, allowing
>> >> unsuspected
>> >> folk to this end would I think create useless noise.
>> >>
>> >> as it stands its more of a choice in that more effort is required,
>> better
>> >> to
>> >> have that wiggle room vs useless noise..
>> >
>> > Forgive my ignorance... Aren't the unstable kernels (and other
>> > bleeding edge gear) provided in Testing and/or Unstable? If you don't
>> > enable them, then you should be safe with a dist-upgrade to pull the
>> > latest gear, including the latest stable kernel.
>> >
>> > Or maybe I misunderstand Debian's processes (which could well be the
>> case).
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> >
>>
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