ASUS EEE PC, Overiew and running other Linux distros on it.
Released in the UK on 12 November 2007, I purchased an ASUS Pc 701 on the 14th . I bought it purely on the strength that it came with a Linux OS (Operating System) pre-installed and was so small it weighed a kilogram, WiFi ready and all for £219.
For its size and price, the Eee PC 701 is phenomenally great value for money. ASUS even assumed some users would want to install Windows XP on the EEE PC 701. The pre-installed customised Linux OS ( a kind of Xandros with tabbed access to packages works very well and OpenOffice 2.0 is highly serviceable and reads and enables you to create Word, PowerPoint and Excel files.
And what of experienced users? Apparently other Linux distributions can be installed, notably Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10, Mepis and Mandriva. It should be noted that some devices such as wireless and wired ethernet, the graphics and audio cards will not work or at least not properly. Even in the simplicity of the pre-installed OS a geeky user can still press CTRL +ALT+T and access the command line interface of shell.
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The Asus Eee's tiny form
The Asus Eee's tiny form factor, it's near silent flash hard drive and the discount price tag will ensure it is a big hit with buyers. not just in the Linux community.
Some folks believe it will compete directly with Nicholas Negroponte's $100 "One Laptop Per Child" project, and are naming the Eee PC "One Asus Per Child"
One Asus Per Child
On a side note I've been running Mandriva on a Dell Latitute 100L for a couple of years now, I hope Mandriva will run on the Asus.