The folks at Linpus have been offering customized Linux-based operating systems for netbooks for the past few years. The first netbooks that Acer released ran Linpus software. As expected, the developers of Linpus are now taking aim at the tablet space with the launch of a new Linux-based OS designed for touchscreen displays. Netbook News caught up with Linpus at…

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The first Acer netbooks to hit the market in 2008 were running Linpus Linux Lite, a custom Linux distribution optimized for small screens. While you don’t see many Linux netbooks anymore, the folks at Linpus haven’t given up on the mobile space, and they’re showing off the latest versions of Linpus for netbooks and tablets. That includes a new version…

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Back in 2008 when a significant percentage of netbooks were shipping with Linux rather than Windows, Linpus Linux Lite looked like a major player. Acer had tapped the folks at Linpus to design the OS for its first generation of 8.9 inch netbooks and the future was looking bright. A year and a half later, more than 90% of netbooks…

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[/caption] Linpus was one of the first companies to jump onto the netbook bandwagon with a custom version of Linux designed to play well with low resolution displays and slow processors. Pretty much every Acer netbook that has shipped with Linux preloaded to date has come with Linpus Linux Lite. But now Linpus is working on several new products that…

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Foxconn is demonstrating its new SZ901 netbook, which looks a lot like most other netbooks when it comes to hardware. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a 10.1 inch display. But what makes this laptop special is that it’s the first machine I’ve seen that runs the latest version of…

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Linpus Linux Lite is a Linux operating system designed for netbooks with slow processors and small screens. The Linux versions of the Acer Aspire One netbook have been using Linpus since day one. The team behind the operating system have a few new things in the works. First, Linpus will be showing off an updated version of its instant-on product…

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Over the past few months we’ve seen a lot of action in the “quick boot” operating system space. DeviceVM’s SplashTop and Phoenix’s HyperSpace have been leading the pack, at least in terms of publicity. But now there’s a new player: Linpus Linux Lite. Linpus makes the Linux operating system currently used on non-Windows versions of the Acer Aspire One netbook….

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You know that unidentified netbook that our friend Sascha spotted at CeBIT last week? It turns out it’s been identified. It looks like this slim netbook is the Taiwan Mobile W101 we heard about last week. The Taiwanese wireless carrier is selling the W101 for 180 Euros when you sign up for a 36 month 3G wireless broadband contract. The…

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Linpus is probably best known as the group that makes the Linpus Linux Lite operating system found on the Acer Aspire One netbook. But the copany had another netbook running the operating system on display at CeBIT last week. Sascha from Netbook News.de checked out the unnamed prototype and posted a video which you can find after the break. Here…

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Acer has posted a disc image on its FTP site with everything you need to restore an Acer Aspire One mini-laptop with Linpus Linux Lite to its factory default condition. There are three ways to use the 1GB disc image to restore your system. You can download the disc image and burn it to a DVD, then use a USB…

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Acer has added 11 new apps that can be run in Linpus Linux Lite to its FTP server. If you have an Acer Aspire One running Acer’s custom version of Linux, you can now install Firefox 3, Tux Racer, and a handful of other apps. I don’t have an Aspire One, so I can’t say for sure which of the…

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Sure, Acer went through a lot of trouble to create a custom user interface for the Acer Aspire One computer, but I’m willing to bet that you’ll want to figure out how to circumvent it within a few minutes of unboxing the computer.The goal was to provide users with quick access to the applications they’d use the most. The custom…

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