Linpus Packages and Terminal

[slybacon]

Does anyone know if the version of Linpus Lite on the Aspire One supports the Package Manager and Terminals? I want to confirm that this version of Linpus isn't locked down to prevent software installs and access to ssh, etc.

I have the Linpus Lite LiveCD running here, but from the vidios and screen captures I've seen, the version on the Aspire One is not exactly the same.

Thanks,
Allen

 

[lotus49]

I read very recently that Acer have said it will be locked down. I cannot remember where but I dare say I could find the link if I looked.

I am going to play with Linpus for, ooh, several minutes before I try to install Ubuntu (I think I'll give the Netbook Remix a go) so I don't really care.

I hope I don't have to spend ages faffing around getting the wireless card to work though.

 

[B3n3v3nt3]

I think I've read somewhere it was locked down as well. I'm thinking in getting a dual boot with XP and maybe Mandriva or PCLinuxOS. I'm a little curious for the ubuntu netbook version though, maybe I'll try it.

 

[freestyle]

As a bit of a noob to linux........

Will i be able to run apache and mysql on this?

 

[lotus49]

As a bit of a noob to linux........

Will i be able to run apache and mysql on this?

The answer to this is "Yes, but...".

With the standard Linpus distro on the One it will be challenging at least as the OS is locked down. However, my guess is that most of the more techie users will be installing other Linux distros on it. I intend to install Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) with the Netbook Remix on mine fairly much as soon as I receive it. Once that is done, it will be trivial to install apache and mysql by running something like:

$ sudo apt-get install apache mysql

on the command line. These may not be the correct package names (I just guessed because I am too lazy to look them up) but it will be something like this.

The other point to bear in mind though is that the One is not exactly a heavyweight server. I am sure apache will run perfectly OK but it will depend what you want to do with mysql.

Edit: If you do plan to do this there are even easier approaches set out here (can also include php) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP.

 

[jabuzzard]

For a light weight machine like the Aspire I would recommend lighttpd as a webserver http://www.lighttpd.net/, will do everything you need for development purposes and consume far less resources in the process.

We shall have to wait and see, but I doubt that it will be that hard to install extra stuff on it. It is allegedly based on Fedora, and distrowatch indicates that httpd (aka apache) and mysql packages exist.

I am downloading a livecd from their website, but it is coming down awfully slowly, with something like a five hour download time... Not confidence building for updates in the future, given that my connection is gigabit ethernet and I can normally download a live CD in a couple of minutes.