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The small size of the eeePC makes it a handy little machine to take with you anywhere you go. There’s plenty of smart phones out there that are just as expensive or more and lack 90% of the features of a netbook. Sporting a freshly installed eeeBuntu, the netbook does the job of browsing and word processing. Since eeeBuntu is a full-fledged version of Linux, it has a huge array of labor-saving applications and capabilities.

I picked up an ASUS eeePC 1000 with an Atom N280 chip, 1024×600 back-lit LCD, two gigs of memory, Ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, three USB ports and a VGA port. The latest version of eeeBuntu Linux was installed from a USB live image. This gets you up and running with Gnome, Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and the Compiz window manager. Enable the Compiz Options -> Loose Bindings setting and the special effects will shine.