Hello. For now ARMv7 with OpenBSD it is very early beta and not recommended for really work... ArchLinux is your choice. All things work fine on my cubieboard2... More info you can read from http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7
Good luck Nikita -----Original Message----- From: owner-...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Damien Thiriet Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 2:24 AM To: arm@openbsd.org Subject: which board would you suggest? Hello, I would like to buy a board as a replacement for my dying laptop. For three reasons: - opensource hardware - lighter hardware to carry when walking to my workplaces - I prefer using my TypeMatrix keyboard than any laptop keyboard. The idea is to travel with a board, my typematrix and sometime a 9" screen I am mainly hesitating between PandaBoard, BeagleBone Black and BeagleBoard XM. I intend to use my board under OpenBSD for desktop tasks: - showing pdf presentations (projector with HDMI connections, which sounds better for Panda Board so far). I need at least two usb ports, one for my TypeMatrix and one for my students pendrive. - Some presentations are coupled with short videos (2-10 minutes long) or music. I read PandaBoard has trouble with video, since it uses a nonfree graphical component. Any feedback? - I would also use it to take notes in libraries or archives, so a small screen (without tactile options) is needed. Since most libraries offer wifi rather than ethernet, I think wifi should be useful. I wouldn't pay 100$ just to have it anyway. - I will use mainly CLI: cwm, vim, LaTeX, mupdf, R, sqlite, spatialite. I think those boards are powerful enough those tasks. My first choice was a BeagleBone Black + USB hub, a cheaper investment. But AFAIK, panda, although more expensive, has its usb controller, while Beagleboards or Beaglebone do not. I was also wondering, if boards would not run faster. What would you buy? Are there some problems with screens? Thank you for any feedback or suggestions. Damien Thiriet PS: I send a similar question in ArchLinux arm forum, but no one did answer. I bet my English did not help.
