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Which Distro For an Eee PC?
An anonymous reader writes "I've got an Eee PC 1000HD, and frankly, I can't stand XP. I know it's odd, because I actually like Vista, but XP is such a giant piece of crap on here that I struggle to use it day-by-day. Anyway, my question is this: which Linux distro should I run on it? Plain Ubuntu just doesn't have driver support. I tried Ubuntu-eee, which, to put it bluntly, does not work for me at all (slow, terrible battery life, even worse interface). I've heard that Jaunty Jackalope is going to have better netbook support, but that's all the way in April! Is there a distro out now that will free me from XP's terribleness without being terrible itself?" Getting wireless working on an Eee PC (though in my experience imperfectly) with stock Ubuntu is possible; for me it took some googling, though I've been told with great enthusiasm that it actually works "out of the box." What distros are you running on your netbook, and what problems do you find?
In my own limited experience I have not found a single Linux distro that works well out of the box. Stick to Windows or plan to make this a weekend project.
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If you whant Linux, I would generaly recomend OpenSuse, but I have no idea if if works on your computer. However, if you like vista, maybe try installing the windows 7 beta, it is reported to run wery well on netbooks.
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Any particular reason you're against Microsoft? They're only trying to make money for their shareholders and nothing stops you from using and developing another OS/App suite/etc...