ASUS Eee to Run Xandros Linux

When ASUS first announced their Eee notebook computer at June’s Computex, we knew it wasn’t going to run Windows. It’s a serious budget platform that will retail for $199. Add a Windows license to the mix and the price would increase 50%. Well as it turns out, Xandros Desktop Linux will be the official operating system for the Eee. For those unaware, Xandros is a Linux distro that appeals most to the novice crowd. Like Linspire, it’s designed to be something you can jump into without worry. However, it’s not free. So to have a Xandros license and -still- keep the Eee at $199 is impressive.

The Eee PC 701 comes with two interfaces. The first desktop is meant for users who may have never used a computer before. As Jonney Shih, chairman and chief executive of Asustek, said at the system’s introduction, the name, besides being a play on Nintendo’s popular Wii game system, represented a threefold repetition of the word “easy,” as in “easy to learn, easy to play, easy to work.”

Source: DesktopLinux