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jhess

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Posted - 11 Sep 2009 :  13:55:49  Show Profile  Email Poster
The Catalyst board with its Atom CPU is fully capable of running general-purpose Linux (and other UNIX) distributions, as well as embedded versions of the Linux operating system. Using a desktop focused Linux distribution on the Catalyst provides you with an easy to use, application-rich user interface. For software developers, Linux distributions include a wide array of software development tools and libraries that can be used to develop your application on the Catalyst.

Eurotech provides instructions below for installing and using several Linux/UNIX distributions on the Catalyst, but does not provide free direct support for using the Catalyst in this way. These instructions are intended to help you install your preferred distribution in the most appropriate way for this hardware, and to help you with common problems involved in using a particular distribution on the Catalyst. If you need other support with Linux distributions, we recommend using the distrubutions' own support channels.



Debian is a community developed Linux distribution. Eurotech also uses Debian as the basis of embedded Linux systems for our ARM based systems.

Debian Live allows Debian to easily be used from a USB stick without being installed.

Fedora is the community supported version of Red Hat linux.

Ubuntu is a popular, desktop focused Linux distribution.

Ubuntu Netboot Remix is a version of the standard Ubuntu Desktop release modified to enable it to work better on netbooks or devices with small screens and is optimized for use with the Intel Atom processor.

Xubuntu is a version of Ubuntu using the lightweight XFCE desktop environment.

PC-BSD is an easy-to-use FreeBSD-based operating system for the desktop.
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