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BeagleBone Black Ships With New Linux 3.8 Kernel
DeviceGuru writes "BeagleBoard.org has begun shipping its faster, cheaper BeagleBone Black SBC with a new Linux 3.8 kernel, supporting Device Tree technology for more streamlined ARM development. The $45 BeagleBone Black runs Linux or Android on a 1GHz TI Sitara AM3359 SOC, doubles the RAM to 512MB of its predecessor, and adds a micro-HDMI port. The updated kernel gives the BeagleBone Black access to a new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) display driver architecture, as well as full support for the Device Tree data structure introduced to streamline ARM development in Linux 3.7. The project was hesitant to move up to such a recent kernel, but decided it was time to bite the bullet and support the Device Tree. By doing the hard work of switching to Device Tree now, BeagleBoard.org and its developer community can save a lot of configuration and maintenance headaches down the line, says BeagleBoard.org co-founder Jason Kridner. Fortunately, a modified 3.2 kernel 'coming soon' should provide the necessary bridge from the old cape driver architecture to the new one."
Speaking of beagles...
My name is Jamie, and I am not ashamed to say that I enjoy having sex with dogs (and I've been doing it since I was 14!), I am totally "normal" in almost all respects: I'm 28 and live in Los Angeles. I have a boyfriend who is pretty good in bed and I have a great job as a graphic artist. But I've found that dogs can actually be better and more satisfying lovers than either men or women!
I know that sounds weird, and a lot of you will be shocked by this, but thousands of women and girls worldwide agree with me, and, by all indications, more women are discovering this secret every day. Women have been having sex with animals for centuries, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to any woman who wants to experience what is possibly the most intense and electrifying sexual experience there is.
If you have a dog, chances are he is practically your best friend already. He is more loyal than any man, and loves you completely, unlike many men. He doesn't talk back or argue, and he's always there for you. Why not take it a step further and let him become your sexual lover? Male dogs are naturally horny practically all the time, so helping him relieve some sexual frustration can just be a demonstration of your love for him, and a lot of fun for you! Unlike men, dogs are almost always ready to have sex when you want to, they won't tell all their friends about your experience together (and who cares if they do?), they can't expose you to AIDS or other sexual diseases, and, perhaps best of all, they can't get you pregnant!
Now, I'm not some weirdo who advocates sleeping only with dogs and not with men. Far from it: I have a good relationship with my boyfriend and we are sexually active. (I've also had one serious relationship with a woman.) However, I seem to be hornier than he is, particularly at certain times of the month. There are times when my guy isn't around, or doesn't feel like it, or I don't want the emotional complications involved with human sex. I can then turn to my doggie to get off, and its great.
I'm sure many of you are disgusted by this whole thing, and that's okay. Just quit reading now and go on with your boring "normal" sex life. But if you want to learn more, keep reading.
I first had sexual contact with a dog when I was 14, and it continued off and on until I went to college. But I always felt ashamed or weird or guilty, and that kind of ruined the experience. After I graduated and had my own place, I also got a dog. One night, I came home drunk and ended up messing around with Max again. Afterwards, I thought about it, and I decided that I didn't have to feel guilty about pleasing myself and my dog. I decided that if God didn't want us to do it, he wouldn't have made dogs so interested in sniffing and licking human females. It's my body, and my puppy, and I can do what I want as long as it doesn't hurt either one of us!
Okay, enough about me, let's discuss how YOU can enjoy dog sex. There are three areas that I will cover in this guide: Oral sex, Vaginal sex and Anal sex. My thanks to the original writer of this guide (it wasn't me, but I edited it and I agree with almost everything she wrote).
ORAL SEX
Oral sex is the way many women first get exposed to dog love. Dogs are naturally attracted to the scent of a woman's vagina, so many of you have already discovered that Rover likes to sniff your panties or even your crotch. Allowing him to take it a step further is an excellent way to experience some of the greatest oral sex you will ever have in your life! One of the nicest things about allowing a dog to lick your snatch is that most male dogs will spend much more time than a human male providing you with the most electrifying oral sex. A dogs tongue is also much longer and is able to get to many places that a man can't or won't. A dogs tongue is covered with thousands of tiny buds that when he licks your clitoris you will feel sensations that you did not know existed. And, how many of you have had a man give
I've been running 3.8 for... ever.
Try running something other than the god awful Angstrom distro...
Shame about that PowerVR GPU, I don't see it ever actually being able to take advantage of the newer display architecture. I do like the move towards Device Tree. If it gains traction it might actually be possible to treat ARM boards more like x86 boards, rather than needing the board-specific kernels we have to deal with now.
You know that the content industry has got its hooks sunk in too far when even the linux kernel starts shipping with DRM~~~
MINIX3 support coming soon, I hope! Minix is booting on the BeagleBoard-xM, so supporting the BeagleBone Black should not be too much of an issue.
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Every time I see news about this, I keep thinking it says Beagle Bros. I miss their great software and funny documentation.
I predict pain. But really, good luck.
"The process starts with a hacker sending a convincing email, a message advising me to change my Twitter password, with a link to a fake Twitter site."
so, in short, be careful with your password.
Looking for people to chat about multicopters, coding, music. skype: gtsiros
I have been playing with the BBB for the last 2 weeks and I must say my first impressions are this is awesome but do be prepared to go through some beginning growing pains with 3.8 kernel. Nevertheless, getting opencv working and tracking is always fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no2l0OuCSIE&list=UUbFdHnmLyG10884-MPgSDoA&index=1
It is going to be a bit before the community grows but to help you get started we are trying to get tutorials up as fast as possible...
http://www.phys-x.org/rbots/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=46:beaglebone-black&layout=blog&Itemid=81&layout=default
Android is Linux. I get sick of people writing that they are two different things. Yes, the userspace is different, but it Linux is a kernel and Android uses it. Android is every bit as much Linux as is the more familiar GNU/Linux distros.
and I'll consider an ARM board. Looking forward to a Temesh/Kabini NUC-like device for cheap enough. At least I can make something useful out of it in an afternoon.
Can anyone point to a project that does esentially the same as this: Controlling the Humidity with an Embedded Linux System
A temp controlled beer fermenting setup isn't the direction I need. I'm looking to turn on/off fans and a/c unit (s) based on temp and humidityusing relays, indoor (two sources, hot & cold rooms) and outdoor air sources (hot & cold depending on season or time of day) to regulate one room air quality for my bedroom, I'm disabled and the current a/c unit doesn't shut off when temp reached, rest of house is too hot or cold, running a/c in winter, etc. would like to turn fans on/off to pull cold air into room via ducting, push warm air out, control fans/ a/c / lights through relays w temp & humidity sensors in all rooms and exterior. Additional lamp control via an electrical relay would be a plus.
I've been running linux for about 15 years on desktop and servers, so I can put together the logic if I see example code, but I'm not a programmer. Any help would be deeply appreciated.
looking to control this via a raspberrypi, a beagle board/bone, or one of the other cheap micro boards similar that run linux (debian or derivative preferred).
Max resolution: 1280 x 1024 @75Hz
Useless for desktop use or as a media player.
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I've been looking at these development boards for a while, and they often seem to lag behind when it comes to the kernel. What's holding them back?
Do the kernels differ significantly from upstream, or is it the binary blobs, or something else? Considering BBB, for example, what's stopping me or someone else from just building a 3.9 kernel with the correct config for ARMv8?
While TI is feeding all the stuff to mainline, it would be nice to have to original beaglebone also working on a newer kernel. All my attempts with 3.9 failed unfortunatly as the ethernet was not working properly. And i still needed tons of patches to get this thing to boot with 3.9. Haven't tried 3.10 yet.
Any updated info for this obsolete page?
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Sitara_Linux_Upstream_Status
I hope they won't do the same error with the black version and also sticking to this 3.8 version for to long. In the long run only a mainlined beaglebone will be maintainable.
parent comment would be my end design goals. What I'm looking for is the basics, ie: just turning on/off one a/c unit via a solid state relay controlled by a raspberrypi/beaglebone, hooked to one or two rooms of one line or similar temp or temp/humidity sensors. I can safely do the wiring, what's the connections on the relay, code for the rp/beaglebn to operate/monitor, examples, etc., and monitor/change parameters through a web page. Application would be perfect for hvac/home automation, I had similar unpursued plans ten years ago for a grocery store backup for old cooling/refrigeration equipment, but I'm homebound now and not looking to compete.
Just a simple example to build from.
We mostly used embedded Windows on the Beagle XM.
FYI if you plan on getting one you WILL need a 5v 1-2A power supply, you simply cannot get enough power out of the USB for more than a couple of peripherals in Angstrom and if you plan on running Arch you won't even be able to load Arch onto the eMMC because they compiled the kernel with performance CPU scaling instead of ondemand. So halfway through extracting arch to the eMMC the board will power off.