I've had the Eee for a day now.  First thoughts: For what it is, it's awesome.  It's small, very portable, quick enough and quite usable out of the box.  The form factor is the biggest selling point.  The size is perfect.  A slightly larger screen would really rock, but it's good enough.

The OS is good for newbs, especially since it does a good job of hiding it's "linuxness".  Face it, most of the world is populated with Mac and Windows folks...  Linux is still a closet OS, IMO.  That being said, any one with an ounce of technical skillz will want to enable the full interface, which is not available out of the box.  I've seen several ways to do this, but the best instructions are at downloadsquad. Follow their instructions and you'll soon be looking at...

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