need help with my eeepc linux laptop.... - Hardware & Software

im using the software version EeePC 1.0.6.6, and fr some reason i cant add any new software to the system other than updates that come through the built in software updater. the OS is linux. and its a netbook, so it only has usb ports and ethernet ports. here are the full details of this machine: BIOS Version: 0910 BIOS Date: 03/03/2008 Software Version: EeePC 1.0.6.6 Build Info: 2008-03-04 17:42 CPU Type: Intel (R) Mobile Processor Memory Size: 512MB Motherboard Version: x.xx please give me any info which can help me install more software to this machine so its more usefull to me.

Arch linux :p

[QUOTE=Ca5bah;27133710]Arch linux :p[/QUOTE] WTF? i asked for help not some random crap....... DX

Uhh, do you know which distribution you have? We can't help you if you don't know the simplest of things.

[QUOTE=jjsullivan;27135348]Uhh, do you know which distribution you have? We can't help you if you don't know the simplest of things.[/QUOTE] wait how do i find the distribution?

I have no choice but to give you the RTM answer, so read the topmost thread in this board. [b]ALL THE WAY THROUGH.[/b]

If he doesn't even know what distro he has on there, he probably bought it from Asus with Linux pre-installed, which means it's likely Ubuntu

iirc some early eee pc models came with Xandros installed, he could possibly be running that

I think that one runs xandros

yeah, its an asus with A version of linux on it, i completely forgot to mention that, whoops....

[QUOTE=flarespire;27146114]yeah, its an asus with A version of linux on it, i completely forgot to mention that, whoops....[/QUOTE] that doesn't help at all open a terminal and type uname -a, post the output. that might help

[QUOTE=Erp2;27136602]If he doesn't even know what distro he has on there, he probably bought it from Asus with Linux pre-installed, which means it's likely Ubuntu[/QUOTE] The EEE PC brand comes with yellow dog linux I believe.

By default it's Xandros Linux with a simplified XP-esque skin.

[QUOTE=darksoul69;27170822]The EEE PC brand comes with yellow dog linux I believe.[/QUOTE] afaik yellow dog doesn't even run on x86

Yeah, yellowdog runs on PPC, like the old PPC macs and the PS3.

this is what uname -a gave me: Linux asus-421178681 2.6.21.4-eeepc #2 Mon Oct 15 12:49:37 EDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux is this any help?

[QUOTE=flarespire;27194589]this is what uname -a gave me: Linux asus-421178681 2.6.21.4-eeepc #2 Mon Oct 15 12:49:37 EDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux is this any help?[/QUOTE] Not really. Are there any logos when you first boot up the machine? Or can you post the names of the text editor, webbrowser, file manager etc so we can make a better guess as to which distro you have.

It's just a version of Xandros. Your best bet is to put a distro of your own choice on it, it's what I did straight away with my eeePC 1000 as the stock OS is very very limited.