Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Rogers
On 18/04/12 15:34, Avi Greenbury wrote: Debian stil has kernels for ARMv6. Part of the point of the port is that it feels about the same as running on 386; it's all roughly the same from the kernel up. My instinct is to look at Debian, although in some ways it's similarity to Ubuntu makes it

Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Rogers
On 18/04/12 15:05, Andy Taylor wrote: Have you seen my video? :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkbvDO1K_-c Have now! Doesn't count until it has sound though, Manic Miner in particular without sound just doesn't work for me! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844

Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Rogers
On 18/04/12 15:00, COX Derek wrote: Presumably you're signed up to raspberrypi.org and view the forums etc ? The twitter feed also has some interesting news at times Yes, but I'm looking for more generic information - I feel like I'm in danger of falling into a trap of thinking ARM=ARM and I

Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread Avi Greenbury
Mark Rogers wrote: > I note that Ubuntu (my normal distro of choice) has dropped support > for ARMv6 (ARMv7 is the minimum now). I know very little about > getting Linux up and running on non-x86 hardware so this could all be > an interesting learning experience. My aim is simple: to progress > pa

Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread Andy Taylor
On 18 April 2012 14:56, Mark Rogers wrote: > I'm looking to start learning about Linux on ARM. > > I have a Raspberry Pi on order, and also one of these boards from eBay: > >  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiny6410-4-3-android-S3C6410-ARM11-development-board-/220772707814 > > Both use ARM1176JZF-S (AR

Re: [Peterboro] ARM

2012-04-18 Thread COX Derek
Hi Mark, Presumably you're signed up to raspberrypi.org and view the forums etc ? The twitter feed also has some interesting news at times Did you actually manage to order one, or just to register interest ? Cheers Derek -Original Message- From: peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mail