Ubuntu or Linpux

Hello all,

I am new to Linux. I have A-One for 2 days, and I love this thing a lot.
There is only one thing I do not like, it is the Acer Linpux interface. It is just so limited...
So, I installed ubuntu. Everything is good except it is a little slow. I love the ubuntu interface: the desktop, taskbar, the terminal.
So, I want to know if there is a way to change Acer Linpux to just Linpux Linux, having similar interface like ubuntu??
I will love Linpux if it can have the ubuntu interface. I really don't want the acer interface because it is just sooo limited.

So to the advanced users out there, is ubuntu better or Linpux better?

Thanks!

 

Due to the lack of total hardware support at this time with Ubuntu, I'd suggest that Linpus is the better option. Between accessing the xfce right click menu and compiz-fusion, I find this interface as convenient as it gets, without the weight that comes with gnome or kde.

Cheers.

 

There is a non-Acer version of Linpus available as a live-cd. Instructions on how to install it are here: http://pilotennetz.de/computing/tutoria ... e_install/ (auf deutsch at top, in English at bottom).

The short version: The live CD comes with an install script but it doesn't work right without some adjustments.

But it's very different from the Aspire One version and I doubt it will work any better than any other Linux distro. So you may have to do some work to get wi-fi working, the screen resolution may not be right, your function keys and LEDs probably won't work etc. As you can probably tell, I haven't tried it. But if you want to give it a shot, please report back here. I'm curious to see if it will work.

 

As someone in the same position, I suggest that you learn to love the Linpus installation in its default state. It will save you a you a lot of frustration. Install software, edit the desktop icon group lists, but otherwise leave it as it is. Hopefully the Acer application download site will be live soon, this should provide a quick and painless way to get additional software.

Returning to a conventional desktop will break a lot of the custom Acer functionality, to the point where it may be better to install a regular Linux distro from scratch.

As an aside, I am coming to really appreciate the 4x3, 4x12 desktop icon launcher. (four categories, 3 top level icons in each category, 12 icons in each category total) For an application-centric machine, which is what a netbook should be in my opinion, this balance of selection and quick access works very well.

 

Hi,

Before I bought my One on Sunday, I was planning to replace the OS with Ubuntu (I'd never used either, but doing this seems to be all the rage

However, now I've managed to play around with the Linpus, installed Firefox 3 with no problems, and seen how to access the real desktop and menu ("advanced mode"? What's so advanced about a menu?) to change the window theme and font size etc (to maximise screen space) I'm really not that bothered. I'm no linux power-user, and I think the default install will suit me just fine. Besides, you lose a couple of cool things when you switch OS, like the SSD-boosting memory slot, and I'm not sure it would be worth the grief.

Having said all that, there's some pretty screwy network problems with my One, and perhaps after a couple of weeks having to run nm-applet and enter my WPA password every time I use the thing I'll experiment with installing a new distro. You can always retreat to safety using the restore CD.

BTW, I too like the Acer desktop interface, although I would like it better if I could add application shortcuts to it. There is a way of doing this apparently, but I've heard that sometimes it will randomly switch back to the default programs.


Cheers,
Hamza

 

Hamza,
I completely agree with you..I have been using Ubuntu for 2 years and love it but after following the Ubuntu threads on this forum I have decided that for now I am going to persevere with the Acer Linpus. What would be great would be if Acer could release an updated version that includes the possibility to easily install new applications (by 'easily' I mean download and then right click from advanced mode menu and choose 'send to desktop as shortcut'). I personally quite like the Acer user interface but just wish it could be more flexible.
So, there we have it...I have decided to stick with Acer in the hope that someone there is reading this and writing an update that will stop us all migrating away.......

By the way my White One has really annoyed some Mac friends of mine...."How can something as cheap as that look so good- it actually has style!!"

 

Try xubuntu, it has the fast xfce desktop like linpus, on top of the much easier ubuntu interface. The battery life is a little less (~2h15m on 2200 battery) but it is much easier to use than the right click system/edit groupapp.xml system on linpus. The wifi works just fine if you follow the directions in the AAO ubuntu community blog, same goes for the sound issue. The nice part about xubuntu is you could always choose the ubuntu session at login and install netbook-remix as well. Oh yeah, and the graphics driver isn't screwed up like linpus, so you can actually play 3d games (PPRacer)