The reason I decided on the Linux OS was for speed, reliability and security, not to mention all the valuable HDD space I was going to be able to retain. The fact that the Linux EeePC comes with popular applications such as Messenger, Skype and Open Office means that the EeePC is ready to go straight out of the box for most users.
I would suggest anyone looking to buy one of these babies to invest in an SD card which can be used for storing your documents on, it also provides a great way to keep all your work in sync... think of your SD card as a brief case.
One final note on the Linux version on the EeePC, THERE IS NO DESKTOP!!! BUT this can be fixed... With some very simple coding in the terminal (instructions below) you'll soon be able to get that desktop wallpaper installed on your EeePC while also enabling it's FULL potential.
Enabling Full Desktop Mode
Open up a terminal buy pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
Type "sudo bash" to gain root access (Be careful what you do with root access. The only reason we're using it now is so that you don't have to type sudo before each command. But you could easily mess up your machine if you perform every command as an administrator)
Type "apt-get update" to make sure you have access to the most up to date packages
Type "apt-get install kicker" and answer "y" when asked if you want to install
Type "apt-get install ksmserver" and answer "y" when asked if you want to install
Type exit to leave the root account
Type exit to close your terminal window
Now when you press the power button to turn off your computer, a new option will show up on the left that says "Full Desktop."
For more details please click here to see the page where I dug out this tip.
