Lemote Yeeloong
Lemote Yeeloong is a fully free software friendly netbook produced by a wonderful chinese company called Lemote.
Here you will find a lot of resources for your Yeeloong: GNU/Linux distributions, bios, howtos, etc.
Where you can buy a Lemote Yeeloong
European reseller: Tekmote Electronics.
Chinese reseller: Lemote
Please note our instructions about ordering directly from Lemote.
How to install gNewSense mipsel on your Yeeloong
Lemote Yeeloong comes with a chinese operating system that is a variant of Debian mipsel. I use only free software so I managed to install a fully free software GNU/Linux distribution like gNewSense.
Here you will find how to install gNewSense on your Yeeloong.
How to update your Yeeloong bios (PMON)
WARNING: Updating BIOS is not for everybody and it could brick your Yeeloong. I am not responsible for any consequence as result of BIOS updates.
0) Download the latest version of PMON for your Yeeloong.
1) Format an usb key using ext2.
2) Copy the PMON .bin file to the usb key.
3) Plug your usb key BEFORE switching it on.
4) Power on your Yeeloong and quickly press DEL.
5) load -r -f bfc00000 /dev/fs/ext2@usb0/pmon-LM8089-1.4.3.bin
6) reboot
How to install GNU IceCat on your Yeeloong
We are setting up a repository for this.
Be patient please.