The trials of trying to install Linux distros while being not very technical

[triskellian]

This evening I spurned a very tempting social invitation to stay home and install a new OS on my eeee. Oh how I wish I hadn't...

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[waistcoatmark]

I've been happily using http://www.geteasypeasy.com/ on my eee for months now with no problems other than grub and linux disagreeing about device names. Which is the kind of show-stopper problem that you need linux expertise, a bit of intuition and a another PC with a working internet connection to sort out.

But it's worth it. Once I got the thing installed and booting , it works fine, doesn't leave me worrying about just how out-of-date and insecure my version of firefox is, and allowed me to easily get British dictionary installed on OpenOffice. Unlike the Xandros stuff it came with.