How To and Other References
Overo GPIO
The Overo kernels support the sysfs gpio implementation for accessing GPIO from userspace.
Linaro
The Linaro project is backed by Canonical (the people behind Ubuntu) among others which means this is a great place to start if you want to run Ubuntu on your Overo COM.
Update to Latest, Stable Images
Follow the instructions in the Pre-Built Images section here to update your Gumstix COM with the latest software and the most recently tested, stable images.
Robot Operating System
A full tutorial on what it takes to get ROS running on the Gumstix and iRobot Create.
Setting up a Serial Connection
This article explains how to establish a serial connection between your development computer and your Gumstix COM.
Create a Bootable MicroSD Card
DuoVero, Overo and Verdex Pro COMs will boot directly from a properly prepared microSD card. This step-by-step procedure explains how to partition and format a bootable microSD card using a Linux development computer. For instructions on writing a new image to flash memory of your Gumstix COM, see these instructions instead. These instructions supersede older instructions. If you still need the old instructions, you can find them here.
Compile from Source Code
All software for Gumstix COMs is freely available and open source. Gumstix also makes available the complete build system used to generate our release images and package repository.
Gumstix How To(s)