Monthly Archives: December 2010

Beagleboard + Ubuntu 10.10…Sweet!

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Moderator

Things are just falling into place with this Beagleboard.  The Ubuntu distro, although slow on installing packages is pretty damn robust.  I have installed a bunch of packages without a hiccup.  X11VNC works without any issues, and can access with … Continue reading →

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New Tangent – Vortex86SX is History!

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Moderator

OK.  Why spend so much time on a frankly, underpowered system board.  Chalk it up to learning experience I guess.  That Vortex86 may have been the cat’s pajamas (pulled that from nowhere) about 5-10 years ago with 300Mhz, but the … Continue reading →

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Back to Linux

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Moderator

It has been awhile sinced I posted on this.  My wife and I have been travelling and other projects have been sandwiched in between (like a whole diversion into circuit building and green energy, etc.).  Anyway, I am back to … Continue reading →

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