The weird thing is that the Linux system was partitioned weirdly. The
whole unit was supposed to be 20GB but it partition the system this way
/ - 2.7GB
/swap - 1GB
/home - 16GB
The root and the swap was on /dev/sda that is a 4GB disk. It seems that
the 16GB is on another disk device so installing Windows on it will take
some forethought.
Some said it has physically 2 ram cards (20GB=4GB+16GB), you can verify it with
sudo parted, then print
or sudo gparted (if that has been installed), but don't corrupt the partition
table :-)
Actually having a separate partition for /home is not an uncommon practice since
you can install linux without worrying user data.
Poking around it, my gut reaction was to install Ubuntu or Xubuntu on
it. I believe that the screen is wide enough for work and my wife says
that its soo kawaii ... but feels that the keyboard is so small even
with her slim fingers. Out of the box, it worked with youtube and our
favorite video streaming site http://www.watch-movies.net
One final thing that made me happy was that it comes with a WindowsXP
driver cd and a Linux System Recovery DVD disk. Meaning I can restore
the OS if I muck it up.
The only problem now is how to trick my wife into buying one. ;)
There is a window version and it is cheaper than the linux version.
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm
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