I have tried to get just about everything running. I have run Slax, but could
not get wireless working. Mine is a second generation one and it has a newer
wireless driver. I am not a big Slackware fan anyway as it is too much work to
get simple things done to my way of thinking.

Eeedora works well but I could not get PCLOS minime to work. The eeePC project
for PCLOS has been halted as the developer has gone to Iraq, I think. Mandriva
2008 installed, but the installation would not boot after an update. Besides
Mandriva is a pain to install. Ubuntu installs in 20 minutes, but Mandriva One
2008 took 2 and half hours to install for the same size distribution. This is
something that Mandriva needs to work on. Who's got that kind of time to invest?

I prefer Debian based distros because I generally don't like RPM. I have used
Gentoo but dislike compiling from source. It is too time consuming. I have
installed Slackware based distros, but find their packaging system archaic and
most are hard enough to configure on common equipment that I don't want to try
configuring something recent like the eeePC 900. That makes me sound lazy I
realize, but time is more important to me than the so-called advantages of
running something that is supposed to be faster.

I have successfully installed Ubuntu 8.10, as previously mentioned. Anything
based on 8.04 installs easily and works. I tried PC-OS, gOS, eeebuntu,
fluxflux-eee, eeeXubuntu, Mint and a few more I can't think of now. SimplyMEPIS
8 loaded the Live CD, worked great and installed beautifully, but the installed
version would not boot (kernel panic). I hope they iron this out for the final
release because it looks great and I really want to give it a workout.

I did not bother with OpenSUSE due to my leeriness of that distro due to past
bad experience re: stability and the poor reviews of that distro on the MSI
Wind. I want to install puppy-eee and Sidux still. Elive works great on the Live
CD and I was able to install it, but the version I downloaded has aproblem with
it. Once installed it would not recognize my root password. I installed it 3
times on two different machines with the same result. It is a great looking
distro so I hope to try again later with another release.

Another sweet distro is Opengeu, but I could not get the wireless going. I will
try it again with a wired connection and see if I can get the wireless to work.
Like Elive it uses Enlightenment and looks great.

Windows XP installs fine, but you must use one of the SSD drives as it won't
install to a usb key or removable SD card. That's okay because I don't like it
or use it at all. If I install it and keep it, it will be form my wife to use.

That is my experience so far with the eeePC and distros. The best are eeebuntu
and Xandros that came with it. The only problem with Ubuntu and the eeePC is
getting suspend/hibernate to work properly. The wireless and camera work fine.
In Xandros everything works, but the repositories are so old. They are still
running Open Office 2.0, Firefox 2, Thunderbird 1 point something and worst of
all Amarok 1.4 which means my MP3 player won't sync with it. The advantage is
that it is fast loading and stable. I switched it to Advanced Mode as Easy Mode
is totally annoying..