Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 + Lenovo 110S :Which live USB lightweight distro ?
 

Have just tried Xubuntu16.04 with rufus and can't get anywhere.

Are there any distros which will work out of the box?
Don't have ethernet only public wifi.

cumfy,

Welcome to LQ.

Your first problem is your Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 wifi:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/7013...o-with-14-04-3

You need to buy a USB wifi adapter that actually works out of the box in Linux, such as this
D-Link N150 USB:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-Wire.../dp/B008PC19DC

https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wirele.../dp/B008PC19DC

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...og.php?b=37274

Your second problem is that you need to run a lightweight distro such as antiX-17 (32 bit) on the Lenovo 110S.

https://antixlinux.com/download/

https://antixlinux.com/

You need to have access to another computer to first download the antiX-17_386-full.iso and then create a bootable USB drive (a small 2GB or 4GB USB drive is more than adequate) using Rufus:

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Insert the D-Link N150 wifi adapter and then boot the Lenovo using the antiX-17 USB drive.

Your public wifi SSID/network should be detected automatically.

Proceed with the installation.

To permanently enable wifi in antiX-17 after installation:

Menu > Control Centre > Network > Network Interfaces (ceni) > wlan0 > follow wizard and give SSID/network name and wifi password.

Here is an installation guide to the earlier antiX-16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_uo...ature=youtu.be

Good luck.