True, I didn’t have high expectations about Linux, so when I started playing with the EeePC I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was very easy to use.
If you’ve used a GUI - whether Windows, Mac, or even Amiga OS - it takes all of 15 minutes to get a handle on how to operate the EeePC.
I was expecting a nightmare connecting the EeePc to my wireless network, but it took all of two minutes.
I didn’t really expect the web browser to work well, but Firefox on the EeePc seems to work just as well as it does on Windows.
I was expecting to take a backward step with the bundled Open Office word processor and spreadsheet software, but I had no problems working on complex Word and Excel documents transferred from my desktop computer.
I didn’t expect to be able to play video files, but the supplied SMPlayer had no problems playing back DivX files.
I was expecting to have hassles transferring files to the EeePC from USB memory sticks, but again no problem.
So far, I’ve had a very good experience with Linux on the EeePC. Sure, it was preinstalled, and set up to look like Windows, but that’s almost besides the point. It’s clear that Linux works, and works well as a mainstream consumer operating system.
