Hardware Reference
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There are a number of images posted on this site. The subdirectory names, such as
lxde-4gb
, might change with time and might take some investigating to learn what they
mean. In this case, a simple Google search reveals that
lxde
is the
Lightweight X11
Desktop Environment
.
The
-4gb
means it's a 4 GB image. The other
lxde
has 2 GB images,
which are needed for the pre-Rev C BeagleBone Blacks, because their onboard flash is
only 2 GB. The
lxqt
has images that use the
next generation of the Lightweight Desktop
Environment
.
These images are for a newer release of Debian.
WARNING
You can try running a newer release, but things might not work exactly as described in this
text. See
Recipe 5.15
for information about the Debian release system.
The images suggested here are big installations with many important applications already
included. If you want an image with almost nothing included, try
console
(
Figure 1-26
).
The images in this folder are very minimal, with very few programs installed (for example,
Cloud9 and BoneScript are missing), but they have enough to boot up and run. Notice that
they are about one-tenth the size of the complete installs.