Hi! I just received my BBB from a friend, and I downloaded too much crap on it. Now, I am trying to flash it. I think it is going good, but just to check, the only LED that will be on is the one by the 5V and Ethernet port while it is flashing, right? I did, for sure, download a flasher image. Also, how would one go about installing lubuntu on it?
IMHO if you fill up the eMMC you are better off writing a new system to a larger SD card. 32GB cards are easily found for <$15 these days.
When you boot a flasher image, you should see the 4 LEDs run a “chase” pattern until they all go off, at which point you can press the reset button to boot the new image after removing the SD card with the flasher image.
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu Can get you started with a basic Ubuntu install and then you can install updates to meet your taste. I don’t recall specifically seeing any lubuntu Beaglebone images, Debian seems to be the mainstream these days.
IMHO if you fill up the eMMC you are better off writing a new system to a larger SD card. 32GB cards are easily found for <$15 these days.
When you boot a flasher image, you should see the 4 LEDs run a “chase” pattern until they all go off, at which point you can press the reset button to boot the new image after removing the SD card with the flasher image.
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu Can get you started with a basic Ubuntu install and then you can install updates to meet your taste. I don’t recall specifically seeing any lubuntu Beaglebone images, Debian seems to be the mainstream these days.
Thanks, but I figured it out now! I needed to have it plugged into a display! I am already flashing Debian, and I am 14, so I don’t have an income. I am still newer to Linux, I thought only LXDE and Lubuntu could have the LXDE desktop. I should play with Linux alot more. My friend gave it to me with Debian, but I thought it was lubuntu.
LXDE in Lubuntu is a lot different from LXDE on Debian. For starters, Lubuntu can by default install and easily run Cairo, which in my opinion makes Lubuntu look awesome on the desktop. Debian on the other hand, can not run cairo very easily, if at all.
SO do not get me wrong, I’m not exactly an Ubuntu buff, in fact I tend to view Ubuntu worse than MS Windows in many regards. But I do think that as far as desktops goes, Ubuntu( Lubuntu in this case ) is light years ahead of Debian.
Oh and right, Lubuntu has hardware acceleration for LXDE + Cairo on the desktop, I was never able to get that to work with Debian. BUt this makes Lubuntu really fast on lower performing hardware. I will say though, Lubuntu on the beaglebone will be really slow.