linux linpus i cant get my head round how it work, im new to the whole computer world

willmac81 · 12-24-2012, 03:11 PM

i think i would like to change my os. i still struggle at time with windows so when i got myself a
acer aspire one lite and found it didnt have window i was completely lost. i have managed to work with it a little but its taking so long. i still dont know how to install the things/files im downloading. can anyone point me the right direction to a idiots guide to linux linpus please i would be gratefuller if some could help me to re-move my os and replace it with windows xp

markush · 12-24-2012, 03:38 PM

Hello willmac81, welcome to LQ,

unfortunately Linpus is a degenerated version of Fedora (afaik). It would be good to install a full featured Linux distribution on the computer.

It would be good if we knew a little more about your computer's hardware, could you please tell us how much of RAM and which processor it has? Can you open a terminal and execute the commands

Code:

uname -a

and

Code:

free -m

and

Code:

lspci

and post the output here?

Markus

rokytnji · 12-24-2012, 04:57 PM

Quote:

idiots guide to linux linpus please i would be gratefuller if some could help me to re-move my os and replace it with windows xp

http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/ins...usb-thumb.html

markush · 12-25-2012, 07:06 AM

Don't forget that the support for Windows XP ends on April 8. 2014. Newer versions of Windows (like win 7) will probably not run on your computer.

I think that you would be better off with a newbiefriendly Linux distribution. Probably Ubuntu or Mint need to much resources and don't run on your computer. But what about Lubuntu? it's Ubuntu with LXDE as Windowmanager.

Markus

DavidMcCann · 12-26-2012, 11:10 AM

Linpus is horrible! Get rid of it. You don't say which model you have, so I'll assume you have the smallest: 512MB and an Intel Atom. I'd recommend using Fuduntu, because
1. It will run in 384MB.
2. It's made with laptops in mind, and has software to reduce battery usage.
3. It's what we call a rolling-release. There are no versions: you just install once and then update it regularly.
4. The developers are a very friendly and helpful lot. Here's what they had to say to someone else with an Acer:
http://www.fuduntu.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3150

Mint will be a bit too big for an Acer Aspire, and Ubuntu certainly will be (even it it runs with the Acer's video).

If you sometimes found Windows a handful, Linux won't be worse, and you'll have people here and at the Fuduntu forum to help. The people who really have trouble with Linux are those who're experts in Windows: they keep forgetting they've changed!