I recently "inherited" an Asus Eee 1000 (1.6GHz processor, 8GB+32GB SSD, upgraded to 2GB of RAM). I'm currently running Xubuntu as I didn't have time to deal with setting up a PC until now. The only distributions I've used in the past are Xubuntu, Debian and Arch. I've never used anything except Xubuntu on a laptop with WiFi before, so I've never dealt with setting up wireless in Arch or Debian.

Which OS should I put on this? Xubuntu is pretty good, and I love having all of my hardware auto-detected, but I don't like having all the software pre-installed. I also feel like I'd get a faster boot out of an Arch install. It seems, however, that Arch would be difficult to setup, especially considering I've read that not even the wired network interface is supported by the kernel. Any suggestions? Would Arch be that much harder to setup on an Eee PC than it would on any desktop I've installed and used it on? Or is there another distro that could be recommended?

Is there any advantage to using Eeebuntu? I configured Xubuntu to use RAMdisks for /var/log, /var/tmp and /tmp, plus reduced the swapiness and made a couple other optimizations for using an SSD. Would Eeebuntu be giving me any other significant advantage?

Last, at least for now, how does one go about setting up wireless in one of the "harder" distributions? After I install the drivers, what do I do to make sure it's detecting and using those drivers? What do I use to connect to wireless networks? Thanks.

The OS that was designed for Eee PC was EasyPeasy which us to be Eee Pc Ubuntu Netbook Remix ,but branched off from Ubuntu....

The also have Jolicloud based off of Ubuntu Remix and Mozilla Prism

But like I have been unable to get LinuxQuestions.org to do is make a post with this website dedicated to Netbooks...

This is the best link available for Linux Netbooks below

http://www.linux-netbook.com/linux/distributions


Good luck

Reminder --- The Newest netbook are being release as we speak so not models are listed with biggest screen sizes.. The Newest models have 11.6" screen or a 12.1" screen...


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If all you need is a web browser and use the 'cloud'. It might be worth checking out xPUD. It's a very minimal cloud distro that boots in 10 seconds. It can be used alongside your main OS. I find it very handy for quick tweets & facebook updates.

I take it "cloud" is talking about the netbook launcher style of interface? I have to say I prefer the traditional interfaces, even for a netbook. I've been told that Tiling WMs work fairly well for small screens, but I've honestly been fine running Xfce on this PC.

Look the cloud version I don't believe allows you to go bewteen a desktop appearance fuzzy icon screens...

But both Ubuntu Remix and Easy peasy are built over the ubuntu desktop so it is only a click away from Either display allowing for the best of both worlds...


What if your sister, mother or girlfriend gets on your Netbook there going to have a tough time using your netbook so change the display so it easier for someone else using your netbook..

I'm assuming your a male... Either way I hope you get the idea I'm expressing...

No one else will be using my netbook, we have a family computer that my mom uses and I'll be moving out soon. Basically, I want it for note-taking, office tasks, internet browsing and some games (maybe an snes emulator or sudoku or something).

Prior...

There is this thread with a list of netbook distributions.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...istros-761185/

Wow Thank you for putting part of my post up there and most of the links I gave.....

GO to the website I listed above it gives all the netbook distro's then go to youtube and watch videos...

Asking for recommendations is a little different from looking through and trying out every single possible operating system.

Yes it is and some of the Linux Flavors don't work with every Netbook

I've been pleased using Arch Linux and XFCE4 with My MSI Wind U100

it is not a net-book specific operating system but I use Fedora 11 on my eeepc 904HA and I would recommend it.

All the drivers were detected, including the fn keys.

Fedora works fine on my Aspire One. I recommend Fedora 10, 11 freezes if you leave wifi on while traveling in a car (disconnected) due to a wifi driver issue, this is fixed in 12 beta.

As always, the best answer is to try several different Linux distros, and go with the one that best suits your needs and preferences. Good luck with the experiment!