Eee PC Operating System Choices
Every time I visit eeeuser.com, new users always seem to pick a particular operating system for their Eee PC, then stick with it through to the end. I’m no different, I picked Xubuntu, and still use it to this day. It seems very few people actually stay with the default Xandros distro that comes with most Eee PCs.
But there isn’t anywhere that lays out the basic choices you get with the Eee PC, so I thought I’d give a brief description on each one, hopefully to elaborate on after I’ve tested them all separately.
ASUS Xandros
There are several advantages to be had by sticking with the default operating system on the ASUS Eees. For a start, everything works. You don’t need to bother recompiling wireless drivers, driving to get the webcam to appear at all or any of that palaver; it doesn’t even need installing! Just turn on your Eee out-of-the-box, and you’re presented with Easy Mode, ASUS’s fantastic idea for a user interface, built around IceWM. Or if thats not to your liking, read on Eeeuser’s Wiki on how to enable Advanced Mode, which is a fully-customisable standard KDE desktop.
Ubuntu/Xubuntu
I would say quite confidently that Ubuntu and its variations are the most common choice for Eee users who don’t want to stick with the default distro.
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