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Nice article, but why does every post about the BeagleBone have to include a swipe at the Pi?

• jwr 12y ago
  I think anyone who tried to use the Pi for long-running reliable applications and failed has this knee-jerk reaction. I certainly find it understandable.
  • panzagl 12y ago
    I don't disagree, but it definitely sends the message 'Beagle Bone is like a Raspberry Pi but not as popular' when you can't mention the former without taking a dig at the latter.
  • lhl 12y ago
    While the BBB may be more reliable, it's still not rock solid - I've been working on an embedded project w/ heavy USB usage and the BBB seems to have occasional, but unavoidable and hard to diagnose hard lockups every couple weeks. In the end we were forced to use a separate IP-switch device to power cycle the BBB when it became unresponsive.
    • mik3y 12y ago
      Does the BBB not have a watchdog mechanism capable of triggering a board-level reset?
  • bootload 12y ago
    "... anyone who tried to use the Pi for long-running reliable applications and failed has this knee-jerk reaction. ..." Curious, do you have any cites/examples? I run my Pi's 24/7 and the system software is rock solid with uptime of weeks sans power outages. Applications I write might be another thing. When you mention applications is that "user created applications?" or a "hardware/software combination?"