ASUS eeePC with Xandros and Full desktop and Beryl
Excellent instructions you can find in the net. Now my eeePC is REALLY functional. Thanks a lot to all of you Linux guys out there!! Just follow what you find below to make out of your ASUS eeePC a functional and graphically amazing machine:
- First enable the Full Desktop option: read HERE how to do it.
- Second install GIMP and other nice free software like the UAE 
using the Synaptic package manager from the repositories you can find HERE
- If you get problems in Synaptic like those HERE, try the option FIX BROKEN PACKAGES under the menu EDIT
- Finally install BERYL and all the 3D desktop effects you want following what they say HERE (scroll the new page down until you find “installer beryl sous une xandros d’origine “)
- And if you’re really ignorant about Linux like me, read HERE to learn some console commands.
This is my first post written on my blog with ASUS eeePC
Discuss Biology
April 8, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Nice!
I heard before that it is not able to install any software on the eeepc. Obviously, that is bull tihs.
By the way, how fast is it when starting the system? If it is fast enough, it is really a nice multi-functional agenda.
April 8, 2008 at 5:49 pm
without having the full desktop is difficult to install new software. but to get the full desktop is really easy. with the full desktop you get some more time to startup. instead of 15 seconds you need a little bit more..i will test it
April 8, 2008 at 5:55 pm
43 seconds. still acceptable
April 8, 2008 at 7:43 pm
mac os x need 10 sec
April 9, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Hay Steve your machines are a little bit more expensive.
Of course we cannot compare them with the small eee
April 10, 2008 at 10:57 pm
For all the needed tweaking of eeePC go on http://wiki.eeeuser.com/#tweaking_the_system
April 16, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I adore you. I have been trying to get to full desktop forever! You rock.
April 16, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Happy yo be helpful. You find many other tricks on wiki.eeeuser.com
April 20, 2008 at 2:40 pm
43 secs, are you kidding me? Windows XP boots in that same amount of time, and this is Windows we’re talking about. Anyway 40 secs is a lifetime when you’re on the go. I just wish there’s a simple hack to enable unhinted font smoothing and disable that annoying Windows theme that Xandros is forcing on Linux.
April 21, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’ve installed XP on a Flashcard. I reinstalled Xandros on the SDD. So that for a quick 15 secs boot I’ve Xandros, while for a decent UAE I run Windows.