What is the difference between Linux Linpus Lite operating system and others?

I am considering buying a lap top with Linux Linpus Lite operating system. Any advice?What is the difference between Linux Linpus Lite operating system and others?
I bought one myself about a year ago and I don't regret it. It's an Acer Aspire One 150L.



Linpus Lite is based on Fedora, so you can use it's package repository to install new software. It uses the Xfce desktop (quite lightweight, uses the GTK toolkit like GNOME).



The pre-installed system provides everything you need for browsing (Firefox) and watching flash-videos (Adobe Flash), word processing (Open Office), viewing PDF-files (Adobe Reader), image editing (Gimp), etc.



My A150L came with a mail client from Acer, witch is not very good in my opinion, I prefer Thunderbird. It can be installed by typing 'yum install thunderbird' on the command line or by using the graphical interface.



I can't remember how exactly I unlocked the 'hidden' Xfce menu (it's somewhere within the graphical interface), but if it's an Acer Aspire One, the forum I mentioned in the sources will certainly help you. The menu can then be opened by right-clicking somewhere on the desktop.



You can start the terminal through the menu of the file manager. I made myself a shortcut for that, since i use the terminal a lot. I did it by simply editing one of the xml-files which define the graphical interface (it's in the home-directory), but I'm sure the forum will help you if you are not familiar with that.



Tip:

Give Ubuntu Netbook Remix a try. Just write the image to a USB flash drive and boot it. It will not change your HDD-install.



IMPORTANT:

The pre-installed system is maybe tweaked in a way, that causes the HDD to break earlier than it should.

Install smartmontools by typing 'yum install smartmontools' in the terminal, if not already installed. Keep an eye on how fast the value 'Load Cycle Count' rises (type 'smartcrt -A /dev/sda' from time to time on the command line).

A 2.5" HDD stands about 400 000 load cycles. You can then extrapolate how long it would take to reach that value.



If you want your HDD to live longer, you should take a look on how the Advanced Power Management is set.

Type:

grep -r 'hdparm -B' /etc/acpi/*

on the command line.

It searches for scripts where this is defined. Open each of the named files with an editor. For example by typing:

gksudo mousepad /etc/acpi/{file name}

Substitute '{file name}' with the actual file name.



Search for lines with 'hdparm -B 128' or similar low values and change the value to 192.What is the difference between Linux Linpus Lite operating system and others?
It is very well.

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