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I just bought an Asus eeePC because all I need it for is a quick browse in bed before I go to sleep. One thing I was hoping / wondering.

Am I able to just have a desktop and everything like a normal OS. It runs Xandros (I think that's the name), but has its own shell menu thingy. I hate it.

Also, Skype, it has a built in web cam, I have nowhere I can check to see if it's installed / running or anything? How do I use it!

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Am I able to just have a desktop and everything like a normal OS. It runs Xandros (I think that's the name), but has its own shell menu thingy. I hate it.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...C+Advanced+Mode

Also, Skype, it has a built in web cam, I have nowhere I can check to see if it's installed / running or anything? How do I use it!

Skype > Tools > Options... > General > Video Settings

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Thanks!

Althought, those options arn't available in Skype on it?

Edit: Restart in advanced mode is also not available

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Thanks!

Althought, those options arn't available in Skype on it?

That is based on the Windows version. I am aware than the Linux variant(s) may differ.

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Thanks heaps.

Can would you be able to point me in the direction of a smaller good linux dist?

This one's good, but it's a bit big and leaves me little of the already small availble space.

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Quite honestly, you might be better off trying some of these questions at the Eee user forums:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/

There may be several Eee users on Neowin, but there are a lot more at their official forum.

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Quite honestly, you might be better off trying some of these questions at the Eee user forums:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/

There may be several Eee users on Neowin, but there are a lot more at their official forum.

Thanks for that!

You can put Windows XP on it :) You might like that better.

Na, I don't want XP on it. I want Linux, just not this one, cause it is quite big.

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I've got an eeePC. I'm loving it and making me love linux even more. I've used linux a few times before, but this just cements my liking.

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:getkde#enabl..._-_the_easy_way

Thats what I used anyway for a full desktop. You will find the task bar rather nasty in the full desktop and may wish to look at doing some sort of themes. I tend to just use the terminal (ctrl alt t) and issue commands to load up programs.

As for the webcam you can check the bios if it's enabled or disabled, the easy desktop mode has a program to view the camera and to record etc etc.

At the moment I'm looking at replacing the ram to 2gig and getting some SD cards for different linux distros. Mainly ubuntu and eeexbuntu perhaps backtrack as well.

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I was looking at putting eeexbuntu or Ubuntu. Do you think they work out of the box?

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