Did you install Eeebuntu on an XP netbook or a Linux netbook

codfather · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:06 pm

Just a poll to find out what percentage of people installed Eeebuntu on top of a machine that came pre-installed with XP or a version of Linux.

Cheers

Cod

stoopid_monkey · **Posted:** Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:57 pm

Eee PC 900 4G 512M. Updated to 2G RAM, 16G SSD. Got rid of Xandros in less than a week. I've only had this thing for around a month.

I don't like Xandros much anyway. I'm more of a Debian guy. Learned on RPM over a decade ago (96-97). Picked up DEB about 8 years ago and haven't had the desire to change again.

cyberghoser1 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:00 am

904HD came with xp, removed it few days ago and using eeebuntu now, NBR makes the netbook look clean.

andavane · **Posted:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:49 pm

I loved Xandros to begin with as everything "just worked";
but little by little, as the shades of night fell down, I had the feel of being
nudged by commercialism; and there was the icon which led to a strange offer of
"6 months anti-virus" [by ESET...?] free.
Now what the heck was that? :twisted:

It wasn't long before I plumped for the eeebuntu stable.

linesma · **Joined:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:51 pm **Posts:** 12

My 900HA had Windows XP pre-installed on it. It also had a weird partition scheme. It had 3 partitions, one for the OS, one for storage, and then a rescue partition. With the rescue partition inaccessable during normal operations, it left me with 2 usable partitions af 120gb out of 160gb. Needless to say I nuked the factory partition scheme and installed Eeebuntu 2.0 Standard. I then replaced the hard drive with a 320gb 7200rpm one. I think I will be trying the NBR release next.

woodard · **Joined:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:47 pm **Posts:** 10

3 AOA150's. All 3 came with XP installed. 1 still runs XP. 1 runs eeebuntu NBR. 1 runs eeebuntu standard(even blew away the Acer recovery partitions).

teh603 · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:55 pm **Posts:** 96

I cast my vote based on the AAO. My 701 came with Xandros pre-installed, and ironically that's what its running now.

bosco · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:17 am **Posts:** 1

I became tired of the maintenance required to keep windows safe and working. I went to Linux about five years ago, bought a Mac, and now put eeebuntu on my asus. Not much more to say...

cracket · **Posted:** Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:30 am

I was unable to buy 1000h with Xandros with reasonable price, so I had to buy with XP, and throw it away.

What a pity that asus isn't intrested in Poland to sell their own netbooks

SC2Sick · **Posted:** Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:15 pm

901, 1GB RAM, 12GB SSD.. came with XP. I did my research while it was being shipped. I never even booted to Windows.. did an immediate eeebuntu install.

bdwoolman · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:25 pm

900 Eee PC came with Windows, now currently running NBR dual boot. Stay mostly on the NBR as Windows is painfully slow.

mbbw · **Joined:** Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:38 am **Posts:** 33

EeePC 1000H
The system was delivered to me at work and Xandros was replaced by EeeBuntu 2.0 Standard when I got home that evening.. The noddy interface was too restrictive which is also why I didn't use the NBR version.

plyalex1994 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:52 pm

When I bought my EEEPC 900A it came with XP preinstalled. It really annoyed me how much (r@p comes installed I had to spend an hour uninstalling the stuff I didn't want and then installing my stuff. I was left with about 1gb free space which I wasn't very happy about. I stuck with it for a couple of months before installing eeebuntu standard which I am very happy with. It comes with all the programs I want and I have more than 3gb free space left. Nice Work EEEbuntu.

PenquinDude · **Joined:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:37 am **Posts:** 2

1000HA, Came with XP, now run NBR and XP dual boot. I mainly keep XP for some light gaming(GameTap's emulated games run great, and are 100% legal, pity there's no Nintendo games) and I prefer Media Player Classic with CCCP and CoreAVC for my video needs. It runs fine even with CrystalXP's Vista Inspirat 2 hacked theme pack. I use Eeebuntu for net surfing, essay writing and note taking.

eeediens · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:01 am

900 with a Dutch version Xantros, it drove me mad, tried vanilla Ubuntu, but I'm not clever enough to tweak it. Thanks for all the work you have put in.

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