===== Acer Aspire One (SSD) Linpus page =====

[[ubuntu|Ubuntu page]] 

==== First thing to do ====
Enable the general menu on right click from the home screen. 
Open a terminal with:
  * Alt-F2
  * terminal + RET
  * in the terminal type "xfce-setting-show"
  * in the "Desktop" pane, click "Show desktop menu on right click"

Also, you may want to eliminate the dozens of foreign language support pre-loaded by default. Right click on the home window, choose System  -> Add/remove software then Languages and here deselect all but what you really need. I left only Italian, English and French and I recovered 270M of disk space ... 

==== Basic software missing ====
I installed a number of software packages that are not present in the base distribution. 
All these installations can be performed with the software update/install tool accessible from the main menu (right click on the home window). 
In particular: 

  * //open-ssh// and //open-ssh-client// are needed to be able to connect to other machines
  * //xemacs// or any other kind of emacs, in case you don't like vi ...
  * //tetex// to compile latex documents, it also installs //xdvi// and the companion programs
  * //eclipse// in case you need to develop Java code
  * //make// otherwise you'll not be able to install from source ... 

I also installed downloading the programs from the source page and then installing in a local directory

  * firefox (version 3, from [[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/|mozilla.com]])
  * thunderbird (version 2, from [[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/|mozilla.com]])
  * jdk 1.6 (from [[http://java.sun.com/|Sun]], this is the official Sun Java release)
  * openoffice (version 3 from [[http://www.openoffice.org/|openoffice.org]], this allows you to read Office XML files)

==== Windows ====

I tried a from scratch installation of Windows XP (service pack2) on the Acer Aspire One. 
After the base installation I downloaded an installed the specific drivers from the [[http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_one_110.html|Acer web site]]. 
Windows works, but from time to time the computer freezes with the disk led blinking/constantly on. The freeze lasts for tens of seconds up to one minute. I disabled virtual memory and tried other solutions, without success. As is, this makes the computer useless. 
I also tried to install Windows on an external USB drive, without success. 
==== OpenOffice ====
The version provided is 2.3 and does not support the most recent XML Microsoft document versions. I installed version 3, in an alternative directory as follows: 
 
  * download the Linux version (OOo_3.0.00.LinuxIntel_install_wjRE_it.tar.gz) 
  * unpack it (got a OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_it.9358 directory) 
  * from this directory, run setup
  * in the "opt" directory produced, there is an openoffice.org3/program directory
  * in your preferred directory create a link to openoffice.org3/program/soffice
  * double clicking the link you get open office 3 startup page

==== Wacom drivers and scribbling ====
In order to be able to input some handwritten stuff, I use a Wacom tablet (a small Sapphire one). This tablet needs additional drivers. I'm still completing the configuration. It will be announced here soon.