Linpus Lite for MeeGo Enhanced User Guide

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Linpus Lite for MeeGo Enhanced User Manual

Contents

1. Learn Linpus Lite for MeeGo Enhanced ....................................................................... 21.1 Starting Linpus Lite for MeeGo enhanced .............................................................. 21.2 Turn off your computer ........................................................................................... 2

2 MeeGo Desktop .............................................................................................................. 32.1 Myzone .................................................................................................................. 32 .2 Tool bar ................................................................................................................. 32.3 System notification................................................................................................. 42.4 Internet .................................................................................................................. 52.5 Media ................................................................................................................... 62.6 Applications ........................................................................................................... 62.7 Zone ...................................................................................................................... 72.8 Device .................................................................................................................... 7

2.9 iBus ........................................................................................................................ 82.10 Network .............................................................................................................. 82.11 Time ..................................................................................................................... 92.12 Power .................................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 3: Linpus Recovery System ............................................................................... 10 Appendix A : License ........................................................................................................ 11Trademark.......................................................................................................................... 12

1. Learn Linpus Lite for MeeGo Enhanced

MeeGo is an open source, Linux project which hosted by the Linux Foundation, it is easyto use, flexible and powerful.


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In this chapter, you can know the MeeGo Desktop's basic function and operation.

1.1 Starting Linpus Lite for MeeGo enhanced

1, Pressing the power button to boot the system

Note: When you the first time to boot the system, you need to set the system language,

password, keyboard layout, timezone, and you can also view the hardware information.

You must to reboot the system to enable your settings.

2, ”Press Alt F10 to factory default, Booting Linpus Lite for MeeGo enhanced in 3

seconds ...

” will be shown on the screen after the BIOS initializtion is done.

Note: Pressing “Alt +F10” can enter the Linpus Recovery System, please view the

Chapter 3 for more detail

3, In default, you can enter in the MeeGo Desktop directly without any user/password

verficiation, please view the Chapter 3 for more detail.

1.2 Turn off your computer

In order to protect you system and data, please follow the normal steps to turn off

your computer

1, Press the Power button to call the shutdown window


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2, Press the “Shutdown” to turn off the computer

Note: please do not to turn off the power forcely, or the system and your data would

be damaged

2 MeeGo Desktop

2.1 Myzone

“Myzone” is the default User Interface and it can give you the fast way to view your

personal appointment and tasks , your social networking's snapshots, etc.

In Myzone panel, you can view your appointment and tasks at the left of the upper

corner, and the your favorite applications is shown at the left of lower corner.

At the middle of the Myzone panel, your can view your recent browserd pictures, PDF

files and you can also view your recent social networking if your account is logined

successfully.

2 .2 Tool bar


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Tool bar is shown on the top of MeeGo Desktop, sometimes it would be hidden by your

operation, such as open a new application..., but you can make it visible once you move

the cursor on its area

Toolbar is divided to the working panel and the system notification area. The working

panel in the left includes most of application in this system, you can launch them by

clicked the related icon.

All working panels is describe in the following tables.

Myzone

to show your personal informations directly, such as appointment, task,

social network

Zone panelto show, manage all running applications

Application panel

to show all installed applications in the system

Status panel

show or manage your social network's status

People panel

to show your instant message's status

Internet panel

to show the snapshots of your recent website, favorite website

Media panel

to launch the default media application : Banshee

Device panel

To show the power, harddisk, volume, brightness, external storage's

status, or to launched the default directories directly.

Note: we will introduce parts of them in the following Chapters

2.3 System notification

System notification area on the toolbar is used to show some system's status, you can

view the power, network, Bluetooth, input method, keyboard layout, system time via this

notification area.

You can click these icons to launch the related panel.


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IBUS

The application to manage the Input Method and Keyboard Layout

Network

To show and manage the Ethernet, Wireless, 3G, Wimax

Time

To show the system's current time

Power

To show the power status

Bluetooth

To manage the Bluetooth device

Note: some of notification wouldn't be shown if the computer has no such related

hardware

2.4 Internet

Internet panel is the place to show the snapshots of your recently browsed websites,

your favorite websites, and it could be launched directly once you click its snapshot.

The Internet panel also includes a search bar, you can enter a new website address to

open the website directly without to launched the web broswer at first, and you can

also input the keywords to search them via the Google search engine.

2.5 MediaBanshee is the default media application in MeeGo, it is powerful and easy to use. You

can launched it via the media icon on the toolbar.


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In default, Banshee can only support the patent-free codecs, such asOGG,WAV,Audio CD,MPEG1.

2.6 Applications

You can find, view and execute all applications in the Applications panel, and all of

applications would be divided into different categroies, such as Office, Internet,

Media...

In this panel, you can manage your favorite applications, which also shown in Myzone

panel.

All Applications on this panel can be launched directly once its icon is clicked.


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2.7 Zone

All running applications can be found in the Zone panel, and you can choose, open,

close all running applications in this panel.

You can use the “Alt + Tab” to switch the running applications without to manage them

via the Zone panel

2.8 DeviceThe device panel is used to show the power, harddisk, volume, brightness' status, and

it also shows the external storage device's status.

You can also find some default directories is shown on the middle of the device, and

you can click them to launched them directly.


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2.9 iBus

Ibus is a default input method application in Linpus MeeGo, it can support both of

input methods and keyboard layouts. You can select them directly via the ibus panel.

In default, each language has its own default input method and keyboard layout, but you

can manager your preferred input methods and keyboard layouts via the setting

application.

2.10 Network

The Network's status is shown on the toolbar too, the network panel would be launched

once you clicked the network icon, and then you can view the Ethernet's status and

which Wireless AP is scanned.

Note：you can control the Wireless/Bluetooth's status via Fn+F5


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2.11 Tim e

You can click the time area to launch the Time&Date panel, and it also includes the

appointment and task panel, you can set your personal appoitment and task and your

setting would be synchronized to the Myzone

2.12 Power

You can check the power status via power notification, and the meaning of power icons

is as following:

AC is plug-in, battery is incharging

Battery is full charged


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Battery is empty

DC is unplug-in

Chapter 3: Linpus Recovery System

Launching Linpus Recovery System

If your system is damaged and you can see the following picture, then you can restore

your system step by step:

1 Restart your computer

2 Press “Alt F10” to launch the recovery system in 3 seconds when the following

picture is shown on the screen

3 The Recovery system would be launched, and you can just to click “Next” to start

the recovery process


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Note：The using language in Linpus Recovery System is the same as the system language

you used before

。

Appendix A : License

Linpus Technologies, Inc.Copyright © 2011. Linpus Technologies, Inc.

All Rights Reserved.

Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without

obligation to notify any person of such revisions or changes. Such changes will be

incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and

publications. This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or

implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied

warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.Distribution of modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit

permission of the copyright holder.

Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any form for commercial purposes

is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.

Trademark

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds

Lenovo is a registered trademart of Lenovo Ltd

MeeGo is a registered trademak of The Linux Foundation

Linpus is a registered trademark of Linpus Tech Ltd


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*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others .

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