Had an opportunity to met Debian developer, Mr. Niibe Yutaka yesterday. This was the workshop organized by IEEE Computer Society, but more like a technical talk. Frankly, I was quite disappointed with the presentation. Perhaps, developer is not good in presentation but or maybe I expect for more technical insights. Basically, the talk focuses on advocating the “Free” software, the policies of Japanese government regarding Open Source and also the KuroBox/Pro. Some introduction to this little NAS box:
CPU: ARM9
Flash: NOR – for u-boot storage NAND – for linux kernel, rootfs
GPIO: 2 pin
and yes Nibbe ported the debian GNU/Linux inside the box, showed us a simple demonstration on stepper motor and used the USB VGA adapter for X-Windows (sluggish). He even put the emacs on to the box. As I know, emacs is usually not included in embedded system, too big. Sound like a good education tool!
Anyone has try out debian distribution. I just Ubuntu is one of many derivative from Debian
Never used debian. Was a RH guy till I switched to ubuntu on my lappy. Still use FC in my lab.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really one of those who cares what distro other people are using. To each his own. Use the one that is the best for you.
I'm satisfied with OpenSuSe , especially the YAST :)
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