OK , I was intrigued so gave this a go.
Firstly, I'm pretty amateur at Linux, but I've learned a lot from
www.aspireoneuser.com
Linpus Linux is based on Fedora Core 8, but the problem with some applications is they require different versions of different packages, and although Linux can often sniff out and auto-install dependencies on other packages, it can be a recipe for disaster.
The good news is I got calibre working, but it was roundabout and painful. Also, I haven't actually connected my Sony Reader, as it's not to-hand, but Calibre the application seems to be running fine.
Firstly you should enable the Linux desktop on your Aspire One:-
To do this go to Files > My Documents to open the File Manager. Then go to File > Terminal.
The Linpus Linus is using Xfce, so use
xfce-setting-show
to get the Xfce Settings Manager.
Click on Desktop to get to the Desktop Preferencs and choose the Behavior tab.
Now mark under Menus the Show desktop menu on right click option and close the window.
This setting will allow you to bring up the normal desktop menu when you right click somewhere on the desktop. The Desktop Menu contains much more options than the limited user interface on the Aspire One
Now you can right-click on the Linpus Desktop and get a Menu of settings and programs up
To Install Calibre, I went Option 1, then Option 2, you can try Option 2 first without 1, but I am wondering if Option 1 may be required, as it installed a lot of packages and dependencies, even though it didn't work
Option1 - Fedora Install
Enter Terminal from Desktop
Type : su -
(This should prompt for your root password)
You should then be able to paste the commands in as follows:-
yum install python-setuptools-devel python-imaging qt4 PyQt4 python-mechanize \ImageMagick xdg-utils dbus-python python-lxml python-beautifulsoup \help2man
easy_install -U calibre
calibre_postinstall
Just follow prompts, mostly 'Y'
Unfortunately, the final postinstall seemed to throw my Aspire into Sleep mode, and generate errors
Option2 - Binary Install
Enter Terminal from Desktop
Type : su -
(This should prompt for your root password)
You should then be able to paste the commands in as follows:-
sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_linux_binary_installer').read(); main()"
It will ask you to specify an install directory, I just typed Calibre
This also sent my Aspire into Sleep, but on Wakeup the install appears to have run OK
To run Calibre just type Calibre at terminal
On first startup, it asked me to set a storage Directory, I created a 'My Books' folder under my User Folders, the the Calibre application fired up and looked Ok
Only need to add, Manage above steps at your own risk, it's quite risky to go poking around with something like Linux, other endeavours have trashed my Aspire Linpus beyond repair, forcing me to do a factory restore 2 times now.