From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from li19-45.members.linode.com ([64.22.125.45] helo=wiki.koala.it) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NB93L-0005ke-S6 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:15 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id D75FD2C814 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wiki.koala.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wiki.koala.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AcrgU45ci6Ko for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (host56-7-static.30-87-b.business.telecomitalia.it [87.30.7.56]) by wiki.koala.it (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2848F2C798 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4B0565A1.1010302@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:57 +0100 From: Marco Cavallini Organization: Marco Cavallini - Bergamo - Italia User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 64.22.125.45 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: koansoftware@gmail.com X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on linuxtogo.org); Unknown failure Subject: Re: Which distro for OE development? X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:36:15 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hodgson, Simon ha scritto, Il 19/11/2009 14:06: > I'm setting up a new machine with Linux specifically to use for OpenEmb= edded development. Which Linux distro should I go with? >=20 > I'm looking to make it as easy as possible to get started, so ideally a= ll the packages I need will be available from that distro's standard repo= sitry. >=20 > I've tried SuSE in the past and given up trying to get all of the requi= red tools installed, and more recently been using Debian, but the Python = version in Debian is a few versions behind and there was talk of OE soon = requiring a more up to date version. >=20 > Ubuntu is a good candidate at the moment as I belive there won't be any= hardware issues with the laptop I want to use, but this wiki page sugges= ts there's some faffing to do http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Gcc_= issues_in_Intrepid_and_later which I'd like to avoid if possible - does a= nyone know if these issues are present in the latest version 9.10? >=20 > Thanks I use OpenEmbedded on three different machines. Debian Lenny on main OE development Quad core server. Ubuntu 8.10 on my desktop and laptop. Cordiali Saluti / Kindest Regards / mit freundlichen Gr=C3=BCssen -- Marco Cavallini | KOAN sas | Bergamo - Italia embedded and real-time software engineering Atmel third party certified consultant Phone:+39-035-255.235 - Fax:+39-178-22.39.748 http://www.KoanSoftware.com