Rather than attach a keyboard, I connect to the RPi via ssh from my laptop. Compiling on the RPi itself is painfully slow in my experience.
I suppose eventually I will ditch x86 and my "laptop" will be ARM too for whatever that is worth. Then I can just focus on ARM assembly.
I never write to the SD card except when I am writing a new image with dd which is not very often. The root filsystem is in RAM (tmpfs). I can remove the card after boot so the slot is free.
I run this way from RAM on x86 too, even when I have a HDD. I like a diskless environment removable external storage for long-term data storage.
The only time I worry about USB stick or SD card read/write speeds is when I am putting a new image on the media with dd.
I still wish there was something like a next generation Jornada on the market. A rugged palmtop with Ethernet, WiFi, and USB slots that boots from CF card.
But in 2015 it looks like a development board on scrap plywood with wood screws is the only choice.
Rather than attach a keyboard, I connect to the RPi via ssh from my laptop. Compiling on the RPi itself is painfully slow in my experience.
I suppose eventually I will ditch x86 and my "laptop" will be ARM too for whatever that is worth. Then I can just focus on ARM assembly.
I never write to the SD card except when I am writing a new image with dd which is not very often. The root filsystem is in RAM (tmpfs). I can remove the card after boot so the slot is free.
I run this way from RAM on x86 too, even when I have a HDD. I like a diskless environment removable external storage for long-term data storage.
The only time I worry about USB stick or SD card read/write speeds is when I am putting a new image on the media with dd. I still wish there was something like a next generation Jornada on the market. A rugged palmtop with Ethernet, WiFi, and USB slots that boots from CF card.
But in 2015 it looks like a development board on scrap plywood with wood screws is the only choice.