Install Ubuntu on Eee PC

Posted by Saad Hamid on October 9, 2008

The Asus Eee PC is gradually becoming one of the best portable devices because of its small size, handy form-factor and the high mobile Internet experience that it provides.

The Eee PC works right out of the box and its user-friendly architecture allows even a newbie to get started right away without having any prior knowledge and experience.

To make the most out of your Eee PC, it is recommended to install Ubuntu Eee on it, which is a free and highly user-friendly operating system. Ubuntu Eee is basically a stripped down version of Ubuntu, specially compiled for the Eee PC. It contains all functionality of the original Ubuntu and comes pre-installed with free and open-source applications.


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All you need to install Ubuntu on your Eee PC is a USB Stick (1GB at least) and the Ubuntu Eee ISO. Follow the steps below for easy instructions.

  1. Download the Ubuntu Eee 8.04 ISO from one the links (Direct | Torrent).
  2. Use this application to move Ubuntu Eee over your USB Stick (Windows | Linux). If you are having problems moving Ubuntu Eee to the USB stick, follow this article.
  3. Now insert the stick into your Asus Eee PC, start and press ESC a couple of times while the Asus boot screen is displayed. Select your USB stick from the list of bootable devices.
  4. Select language and follow the installation instructions.

Thats it! In a couple of minutes you will be having the world's largest community-support Linux distro right on your Eee PC. Enjoy! and don't forget to thank us.

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  • Kevin
    I installed Ubuntu 8.10 from a USB thumb drive using a variety of Internet resources to guide me. I had the most trouble setting up the USB drive and setting up wireless networking.

    I have one frustration still: on an Asus EEE in some Windows, such as System -> Preference windows, I cannot access the OK or Cancel widgets as they are below the bottom of the screen. Any suggestions on how to reach them. Windows has the Display settings in the Control Panel but I can't find an analogous menu in Ubuntu. I have been using Ubuntu for over 3 years.

    Maybe there should be a scroll bar, but there isn't one.
  • Randy
    If you hold down the alt key and drag the window up you should be able to see those buttons.
  • Ben
    In Linux, when you press the Alt key you can hold down the left mouse button and drag a window with the mouse: the cursor can be anywhere in the target window for this to work. This is the solution to windows too big for the screen hiding essential buttons.
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