Linpus Linux on the Acer Aspire One
The Acer Aspire One mini-laptop uses a Taiwanese Linux distribution called Linpus Linux (http://www.linpus.com is often down, check wikipedia for some info). The UI, though customized, is based on Xfce. For a little bit of an introduction to the device, have a look at Jasper's blog post.
Modified Xfce components
Please add to this list if you have noticed anything else.
Acer / Linpus Customized FC8 RPMs
gst-plugins-enhanced-acer-1.0-2008041701
libacerxmltool-0.1-2008053101
acs-firefox-fonts-0.1-20080603.fc8.acer
exo-0.3.4-9.acer
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1522.no_spot.mcs_patched
libacerwidget-0.1-2008062601
acerim-0.1.0-2008062601
libacerlocker-0.1-2008041801
libacersoundplayer-0.1-2008052101
Thunar-0.9.0-30.acer
acer-search-bar-1.0-14
firefox-2.0.0.14-20080612.fc8.acer
libacertime-0.1-2008041801
mplayerplug-in-3.50-20080520.fc8.acer
thunar-volman-0.1.2-6.acer
farsight-plugin-acer-0.1.0-2008060401
gst-plugins-acer-1.0-2008062601
libacerlogger-0.1-2008050701
libaceruuidgenerator-0.1-2008041801
libacerpimds-0.1-2008061201
smanager-0.1.0-18.acer
gnome-utils-2.20.0.1-5.acer
Sources
Notes to the Xfce developers:
If the sources for these modifications cannot be found, then this sounds like a GPL violation.
Notes to the kernel or alsa developers:
alsa-driver and modifications to the sound/pci/hda/* are missing completely. There is /lib/modules/2.6.23.9lw/kernel/sound/fmalib.ko module, which handle digital microphone input and do a local dynamics echo canceliation, and which sources are completely absent too. If you try to build sound drivers from kernel sources, then there is no sound on build-in dynamics. Only external jack is supported by this drivers. fmalib.ko is ForteMedia sound library and have following text inside binary: ForteMedia SAM-Soft loaded, SAMSoft library init, SAMSoft library free. This sounds like a
GPL violation too.
Building the Sources
Coming up. If you have succeeded in building one of the modified components, please add instructions here.