Linux EEE PC's have a really odd OS GUI

[Hot'n'Chilly]

Anybody else notice the freaky desktop/GUI that EEE PC's with Linux come with? I played around with one and was shocked to see something so stripped down. It was a lot like the ExpressGate on Asus motherboards. Odd choice.

[andreainside]

It's true, the xandros desktop is very stripped down. to fix a problem on my granma's eee i want to use the console. It's nearly impossible.
Oh, the external cdrom is not /dev/cdrom, but /dev/D: :eek:
And it's single-user too, and afaik, you can skip the passwd request by pressing 'esc' (yes, like windows 95/98)


PS: I know, my english sucks (i am italian)

[man_bear_pig]

Scrap xandros and install mandy= profit. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IaagwFVpm0&eurl=http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_What%27s_New&feature=player_embedded

[andreainside]

i've installed ubuntu intrepid (english language, as every other O.S. i use). it runs great, but.....they've removed the flurry screensaver :(

[rob1101]

It's true, the xandros desktop is very stripped down. to fix a problem on my granma's eee i want to use the console. It's nearly impossible.
Oh, the external cdrom is not /dev/cdrom, but /dev/D: :eek:
And it's single-user too, and afaik, you can skip the passwd request by pressing 'esc' (yes, like windows 95/98)


PS: I know, my english sucks (i am italian)

!!! what have they done?! never tried xandros their are plenty of other WM out their and distros for that matter, I would hope they would not put an inferior distro on there especially one that just tries to mimick windows

[Easybeat]

Xandros lasted under 24 hours on my Eee before I installed XP.