Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black, Intel Edison – Benchmarked
"So, if you take the results of the Edison being 5 times the speed of a Raspberry Pi in most tests, and it being $75 versus about $35 for a Pi, the Edison is excellent value for money."
BeagleBone Black vs Raspberry Pi #BeagleBoneBlack @TXInstruments @BeagleBoardOrg « adafruit industries blog
Ubuntu wants to be the OS for the Internet of Things | ZDNet:
"Canonical ... coming out with its own combination of Docker containers and a lightweight Linux distribution in Ubuntu Core, ... a server play.
Canonical, Ubuntu Linux's parent company, also wants to turn Ubuntu Core into the operating system for the Internet of Things..Ubuntu recommends the Beaglebone Black for ARM Ubuntu Core developers.
"Ubuntu One self-heals because unlike most operating systems, when a change needs to be made, instead of patching the operating system or the application, the entire lightweight containerized stack is replaced. In addition, because in Ubuntu Core the separate operating system and application files are read-only images, it's much harder to infect either with malware."
"The app store for Internet things is now open on Ubuntu,"
