Basics - BeagleBone - page 28

Solution
This topic uses Debian , the Linux distribution that currently ships on the Bone. However
this topic is based on a newer version (2014-11-11 image) than what is shipping at the time
of this writing. You can see which version your Bone is running by following the instruc-
tions in Recipe 1.2 to open the USB drive that comes from the Bone, as shown in Fig-
ure 1-12 . But instead of opening START.html , open ID.txt (shown with the dashed arrow in
Figure 1-12 ). You'll see something like Figure 1-16 , in which 2014-11-11 is the date of
the image.
Figure 1-16. Contents of ID.txt