HOW-TO get Ubuntu working on the ASUS eee (EASY)

For this tutorial I used a running Ubuntu system to perform everything, but it should be similar on other linux systems. The point of this tutorial is to simply tell you what I did in an understandable way, so you can understand how everything works, instead of blindly inputting commands. Allright:

What you need:
a bootable usb pendrive or a memory card larger than 700MB
Another computer to copy the installation files from
Your eeExcellent computer.

What you would do:

-Download a Ubuntu LiveCD (7.10 currently supported - 8.04 will be very soon. Following instructions should be similar)

-Extract the CD to a folder on your computer (right click - extract)

- Copy all the contents from the folder to your memory stick/card and remember the hidden folder called .disk, else you'll get a stupid command line interface instead of a GUI later on.

- Go to the memory card and enter a folder named isolinux. Mark all files inside this folder and copy them. Now go to your root folder on the card (back one step from isolinux-folder) and paste all the files in here, right in - not in any folder or crap. Now rename the copied file named isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.

- Time to run syslinux! If you haven't installed it, do sudo apt-get install syslinux If you don't know if you have it or not, do it anyway.
-- Now find your device name (similar to /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1 or others) To find this, unplug the memory card, wait three seconds (exactly, else your cat dies) and then plug it in again - now type dmesg in a terminal, and you'll see a bunch of things. the stuff at the bottom is what we look for. Find something similar to my device name mentioned, and remember it wisely.
-- Type in sudo syslinux /dev/sdX1, replacing X with a letter so it fits your device name.
- Now you but the memory card in your eee, and press esc at the bootup, select the card on the menu and then you'll be greeted by the ubuntu livecd/installer menu!

When done, I advice you to install and run the eee ubuntu script, which makes things more readeable, installs some drivers and installs the mighty cool overclocking utility.

This is a video of some standard apps running (ooffice, zsnes, compiz, overclocking utility)