$ lsb_release -a

$ cat /etc/issue

It would help to know "which" linux OS. Was this a used computer, formerly of a server variety?

This is correct. Acer "Linux" notebooks/laptops come with Linpus Light, a pretty useless distro for most people. I like the idea of purchasing Acer with Linpus because it avoids supporting/paying Microsoft and it "proves" the laptop is fully supported by the Linux Kernel, and as such, any distro can easily be installed onto the computer and all hardware should work immediately.

I currently have an Acer laptop which came with Linpus, and what I did, and what I would do if I got another Acer with Linpus is the following:

1. Copy the .config file from the installed Linpus Kernel
2. Double check what firmware the Kernel is using

3. Download a distro of my own preference (ex. Mageia)
4. Install my own distro onto the notebook/laptop

Alot of notebooks/laptops these days come without a CD/DVD reader, which makes Mageia an optimal first distro for me, due to the ease of making a bootable USB (using DD). Otherwise I would install from a disk. Mageia has a great installer and powerful tools during installation, in addition to great hardware support. Even if my plan was to use another distro, I would install Mageia first. If I had no computer or no GNU/Linux computer the process is a whole lot more difficult if the machine comes without a CD/DVD reader. In Windows burning an ISO disk is a reasonable process, but making a bootable USB is not. Both are possible, but suboptimal. Without a machine or an available bootable USB distro, the process is difficult. I would need to use someone elses computer to make a bootable distro to install on the computer.

For ease of use I would still use Mageia.

www.mageia.org

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Dump_Mage...ernative_tools

As long as all the hardware in Linpus works in command line, it should also be possible to "expand" it using whatever software is available in Linpus light to build a full Linpus. Ethernet (LAN) would be much preferable to Wireless in doing such a task, but nowdays many laptops come without an ethernet connection.

Here is an article about how to install software on top of Linpus Light:
http://linuxbsdos.com/2012/03/20/how...e-desktop-1-7/

This requires an internet connection, which is easy from command line with a LAN connection, but difficult with Wireless. With Lan, simply use ifconfig and dhcp tools:
"ifconfig ethX up" to bring up the LAN connection if it is not already up, then
"dhcpcd ethX" or whatever DHCP tool comes with Linpus. (can be found by typing dh then press shift)

then install software with the Fedora tool "yum".

To "get" all one need, I would personally install "kde" with Yum, which should also install all the dependencies (GNU, X, libs etc) and give you a fully functional and powerful GUI.

Good luck.

Perhaps based on my information, someone can write a more exact guide on how to build Linpus desktop from Linpus Lite, using either ethernet LAN or Wireless Wifi. Step by step instructions if possible.

More info on installed packages (and Linpus) here:
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linpus

The Distrowatch link that you posted indicates that Linpus was last updated in 2014. It is an abandoned, dead-end project, not worth your time to troubleshoot.

It is listed as dormant and not discontinued which may not mean it is a dead project yet. Their website is still functional... However, because it isn't a mainstream distribution you probably will not find many that are familiar with linpus and so help on forums like LQ will be limited.

On the contrary, many of us are VERY familiar with Linpus from years of discussion. (Did you read through the links I posted in #8?) I just re-read this thread from the beginning, and I do not think our collective response to @Maryskha was "limited" in any way. As a community we were thorough, helpful, and practical in our replies. And I include your thoughtful suggestions in that statement.

On the contrary I don't remember any of those threads from #8 where the problem was actually solved except for suggesting installing another distribution even with my posts. Granted some of the threads the OP never replied back or linpus was actually broken versus not having a GUI installed.

My EeePC ran linpus and had a simple GUI which was just a application launcher. While I played with linpus for a short it didn't take long to install something else...

You don't actually need to build a desktop on any binary distro. You just need to install it. Basically, you go to the distro site and see what desktops are available. Some small distros may have only one choice but most have several. Common possibilities are gnome, KDE, unity, mate, cinnamon, LXDE, LXQT, enlightenment, fluxbox, icewm, with quite a few less common ones too. Most of these are what is called desktop environments; they are big and need a good modern machine to run on. Fluxbox and icewm are simple window managers, good for old machines. Enlightenment is somewhere inbetween.

Once you have decided on your desktop, you just use your package manager to install it. The desktop will bring with it as dependencies all the lower-level software needed to run any kind of graphical interface (X-server, drivers, etc), so you don't need to worry about those. A desktop environment will also bring with it a complete suite of graphical applications, so this is a good way for a newbie to start. For a WM-based desktop, you will need to install your own apps separately.

Good advice.

It IS worth it, because Acer still sell machines with Linpus.

Besides that, Linpus is also a GNU/Linux distro, so alot of the same things as apply to other distroes also apply to Linpus.

That's right, but as I mentioned in my post you still need to get your network up, you need to use the correct Yum commands and find the packages you want and make sure all dependencies install correctly.

For newbies, this is not easy, especially if they know nothing about GNU/Linux systems.

I have tried logging in kuccps but only to be told that there's an error and yet i want to view some details there

1. this is a old thread!
2. what is kuccps?
3. what was the error?
4. what details where?

start a new thread
but please provide details
Which Linux distribution are you using
What version?

what commands are you running?
what error messages are you getting?

what do you want to achieve with what is not working?
has it ever worked?
when was the last time it worked?
has anything changed since then ( software updates , or any files you have edited/deleted )


take some time and read some of the other posts
it will help when you write yours


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I think you are using the wrong forum, LQ is about Linux.

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