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Quick Start Guide for Linpus Lite 1.4

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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT................................................................................................................................................................2 DISCLAIMERS............................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................................................................4 2.INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................................ 4 2.1 WHY USE A LINUX PARTITION INSTALLATION?..................................................................................................................4 2.2 HOW TO MAKE A LINUX PARTITION INSTALLATION?...........................................................................................................4 2.3 OUT OF BOX EXPERIENCE.............................................................................................................................................7 3.GETTING STARTED..............................................................................................................................................11 3.1 SIMPLE MODE DESKTOP..............................................................................................................................................11 3.2 ONLINE UPDATE SERVICE............................................................................................................................................14

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1. Overview
Linpus Lite, the choice of several of the worlds largest ODMs in the netbook space, is a Linux operating system specially designed for a better mobile Internet and netbook experience. It includes an extremely intuitive user interface and is optimized for web-centric processors. The new version of Linpus Lite, Linpus Lite 1.4, is built around the concept of choice and freedom. Its new tab and icon interface gives you opportunity to completely organize your applications in your way. The Linpus Lite 1.4 download version is a free version of Linpus Lite 1.4. It has fewer features as compared to the full functional one. The key features for Linpus Lite 1.4 download version includes: Simple mode with advanced features like preference setting tool, application icons drag and drop and etc. Desktop switching between Simple mode and Gnome. Mozilla Firefox for fast and safe web browsing. Linpus live update service gives you instant access to hundreds of free open source applications. A network manager with support for numerous 3G modems, WLAN and LAN connectivity.

The system requirements to install the Linpus Lite 1.4 download version are as following: CPU: Intel/AMD 1GHz or higher processor HDD: Minimum 6GB (SATA/IDE/SSD) and 4GB free contiguous space Memory: Minimum 512 MB RAM required VGA: Intel, nVidia or ATI VGA cards

2. Installation
2.1 Why use a Linux Partition Installation?
For the following scenarios, you may use the Linpus partition installation method: If you dont have a Windows OS You want to install Linpus Lite to free space on your drive (if there is) You want to install Linpus Lite on your full drive and erase Windows completely

2.2 How to make a Linux Partition Installation?

If you want to make a Linux partition installation, insert the CD and reboot your computer to install the Linpus Lite 1.4 download version.

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Note: Your computers BIOS must be set to boot from CD first, otherwise, it will boot from your hard disk and automatically go to whatever OS is installed on your computer. Once your BIOS is configured to boot from CD first, if you have Lite 1.4 download in the ODD drive, you should see the screen like Figure 2-1. You can click the Installation option to launch the installer. The other option, 'Boot from Hard Disk' exists as a matter of convenience in the event you left the CD in the drive and therefore actually want to go straight to an operating system.

Figure 2-1 CD booting screen

Figure 2-2 Welcome page of CD installer

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Figure 2-2 displays the welcome page of the CD installer. You can click Next button to move to the partition page for the disk partitioning (see Figure 2-3).

Figure 2-3 Partition page of CD installer In the partition page, you can select to install the Linpus Lite 1.4 download version to the whole disk, free space, or a specified Linux partition on your hard disk. After the partitioning, you can click Next button to start the system installation (see Figure 2-4).

Figure 2-4 Installation page of CD installer

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When the installation is done, a Completion page will be shown as Figure 2-5. You can click the Exit button to restart the system.

Figure 2-5 Completion page of CD installer

2.3 Out Of Box Experience

After the Linpus Lite 1.4 download version is successfully installed and when you boot up the system the first time, you will enter the OOBE (Out Of Box Experience) program to setup your personal settings. There will be the following steps in OOBE: Language setting, User name and password setting, Location setting, Time zone setting and Hardware profile.

Figure 2-6 Language page of OOBE

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You will be to asked to select a language for your system first (see Figure 2-6). Linpus Lite 1.4 download version supports three languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. After the language is selected, you can click Next button to continue. In the User name page, you will be asked to configure your user name and password (see Figure 2-7).

Figure 2-7 User name page Next, you will be asked to configure the root password of the system (see Figure 2-8).

2-8 Root password page

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In the Location page (see Figure 2-9), you can configure your country/region and your keyboard layout.

Figure 2-9 Location page In the Time zone page (see Figure 2-10), you can configure your time zone. In the Hardware profile page (see Figure 211), you will be asked to send your hardware profile to Linpus. This info is especially useful for Linpus to improve our support on all popular hardware and platforms. After all the above steps are done, the system will reboot and you can boot into the Linpus Lite 1.4 system (see Figure 2-12).

Figure 2-10 Time zone page

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Figure 2-11 Hardware profile page

Figure 2-12 OOBE completion page

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3. Getting Started
3.1 Simple Mode Desktop
The default desktop for Linpus Lite 1.4 download version is Gnome desktop (see Figure 3-1). You can switch to a simple desktop by clicking the desktop switching icon at the lower left corner of the Gnome panel (see Figure 3-2). In simple desktop, applications with similar purposes are grouped together by default so that you can easily find the ones you like to run. There are totally five categories by default: Internet, Office, Media, Game and Settings (see Figure 33):

Figure 3-1 Gnome desktop

Figure 3-2 Desktop switching icon on Gnome panel

Figure 3-3 Simple desktop Internet: Programs that access and work through the Internet Office: Spreadsheet, work processor and presentation programs Media: Programs that play music/video and view photos Games: Fun programs like games Settings: Maintenance programs

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If you want to configure the themes and background picture, you can right click your mouse on the desktop to launch the personalization setting tool (see Figure 3-4). Lite 1.4 download version provide four themes by default: Shiny black, Classic, Nature and Sky.

Figure 3-4 Theme configuration The category bar can be drag and drop to other positions of the screen, e.g. up, left and right (see Figure 3-5).

Figure 3-5 Category bar on the top of the screen You also can right click the category bar to add a new category, remove an existing category or rename a category. The default five categories can not be removed.

Figure 3-6 Add a new category on the category bar

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After a new category is created, you can drag an application icon to the new category either from other categories (see Figure 3-7) or from the applications window which can be launched by right click your mouse on the desktop (see Figure 3-8).

Figure 3-7 Drag an application from an existing category

Figure 3-8 Drag an application from applications window If you want to go back to the Gnome desktop, you can click the desktop switching icon on the lower left corner of the Gnome panel (see Figure 3-9).

Figure 3-9 Switching between simple mode and Gnome desktop

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3.2 Online Update Service

If your network connection is ready, you will be notified that new applications are available for you to download and install from the Linpus server.

Figure 3-10 Online update service You can launch the Linpus online update service (see Figure 3-10) from Live Update tool in Settings category to add or remove the applications. The icons of those newly added applications will be displayed on the simple desktop. The online update service will ask you to input an account name/email and password before installing an application (see Figure 3-11).

Figure 3-11 Member login dialog If you dont have an account, you can click the Register on the dialog, and you will go to the Linpus website for membership registration (see Figure 3-12).

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Figure 3-12 Membership registration from Linpus website After you input a correct account and password, you can start to install new applications (see Figure 3-13).

Figure 3-13 Installing new application from online update service

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