Date:: May 05/10/13 7:27 AM Subject: Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - BeagleBone Black and Open Source Computing From: Jerry Feldman When: May 15, 2013 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: BeagleBone Black and Open Source Computing Moderators: Kurt Keville, Thaumaturgical Engineer, MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies - kkeville alum mit edu Brian DeLacey, www.LinuxInTheLivingRoom.com, b delacey / gmail com Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315 Summary: A look at Texas Instrument's newest low-cost ARM platform Abstract: The BeagleBone Black was introduced on April 23rd at the DESIGN West conference. This next generation, credit-card-sized, open-everything microcomputer sells for $45 and offers broad, capable support for Linux Distributions and Android. This is a defining moment for Open Source Computing. The May 15th meeting will take a hands-on, hacker-friendly look at the new BeagleBone Black. We'll step through board-level operations from boot-up to shutdown, from launching Linux to blinking LEDs. Chip by chip, Texas Instruments is ushering in a new generation for Open Source Computing. Is BeagleBone Black a capable desktop or energy efficient server? Will you run ngstrm, Ubuntu, Android or something else? Will it be used in educational, personal, or commercial settings? We'll tour through software and hardware ideas for Infotainment, Thing-ware, and Maker applications. Join Brian and Kurt (some call them the caped crusaders of the embedded world) as they look back on industry developments since BLU's PandaBoard meeting of 2010 and lock in on the promising potential for the brand new BeagleBone Black. News for the Sunday, May 19th Arm Festival: http://www.armfestival.com/ Sign up for Pizza and beverages at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16-DFSRHIn2mWQFG6bUTK9SxHMPOo8K9gCr6EPlHgXfQ/viewform (http://tinyurl.com/cszkfoa) For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site http://www.blu.org Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St. After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting location at The Cambridge Brewing Company http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/ -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce