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Re:BeagleBone Blue – A complete, Linux-enabled robotics comp... by ashtraywasp on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:31PM (#13880489)
it's supported by mainline kernel. it's probably the best supported cheap open hardware of its sort out there. every datasheet for each chip on the beaglebone black is freely available and it can run with no proprietary blobs, unlike the raspberry pi. it's even supported by the *bsds.
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Re:BeagleBone Blue – A complete, Linux-enabled robotics comp... by ajross on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:30PM (#13881921)
Really? Genuine question. Is there a link where I can find someone's .config for a current mainline kernel I can boot? I swear I'll buy one of these right now if so.

Note that "no blobs" can't be completely right. I'm like 99% confident these use PVR SGX graphics, for which there are no open drivers.

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Re:BeagleBone Blue – A complete, Linux-enabled robotics comp... by dhess on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:08AM (#13882908)
Yes. Robert Nelson maintains the kernel and various accoutrements for the BeagleBone Line, and he is fantastic.

Start here:

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian

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