My Asus Eee PC 1000H shipped with Windows XP, and it runs pretty well. But what’s the point in having an 80GB hard drive if you don’t partition it and try installing an alternate operating system ...

Anyone have a link explaining how to get a fully functional install of Ubuntu onto a thumb drive? I need one where I can add applications, update the OS, save configuration changes, etc. In other ...

So you want to install Eeebuntu 2, the new custom version of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex designed for Asus Eee PC mini-laptops that was released a few days ago. You ...

Making some space If you want to install Ubuntu, first make sure you have more than one NTFS partition (one of them consisting of Windows). If this is not the case, you have to create free space on ...

Installing Ubuntu is literally as easy as dropping in a disk. However, it is important to understand that Ubuntu needs its own clean drive to run correctly. If you are a beginner, we would suggest ...

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