The Linux distribution gods have been busy with writing new tutorials for installing Fedora, openSUSE, Gentoo, Yocto, Busybox and Arch Linux distributions (plus a minimal XFCE desktop) on the Jetson TK1 Development Kit. For the complete list, go to the Jetson Wiki page and look at the installation instructions.
There are also an Android Lollipop installation instructions now available for the Jetson TK1! Get the info on the Jetson Forum.
Good stuff!
Realizing this was posted 4 years ago. Any updates, any efforts on Jetson Nano for different OS? Thanks.
No updates. There are several efforts for different Linux versions and an Android version on the Nano. Please ask this question on the official NVIDIA Jetson forum where a large number of developers and NVIDIA engineers share their experience. The forum is here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/371/jetson-nano/