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Xubuntu is a version of Ubuntu using the Xfce desktop, rather than Gnome or KDE. Xfce is smaller and faster, looks good, and has a full set of utilities.

• Xubuntu.org - project site
• Xfce.org - the desktop environment
• Xfce review - fanboy style

With an external CD-ROM, you can install the .iso directly. Using a pendrive for the installation is another alternative.

• Installing 8.04.1 via USB pendrive under Linux
  • useful if you have another Linux system with enough storage to download the .iso to set up the pendrive from
  • insert in Eee, hold escape during boot, select pendrive as boot device
  • wired networking will work, wireless not verified
  • simple to then install from pendrive if desired
• adamm's array.org kernel and hacks
  • add after install to Eee
  • gets Xubuntu wireless and most hot keys working, while greatly speeding up boot time
    • fix if wireless toggle won't turn back on: edit /etc/acpi/eeepc-wireless-toggle.sh and add a second “echo 1 > $wlan_control” line after the first
    • to get sound keys working: add xfce4-mixer control to the panel, then right-click, choose properties, and select device #0: HDA Intel
• if the second password prompt for wireless annoys you, install the libpam-gnome-keyring package - but it may not work perfectly