Taking Eeebuntu Netbook Remix for a spin

As the name suggests, Eeebuntu Netbook Remix is a Linux distro designed specifically for Eee PC and based on the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

Eeebuntu comes in two parts: a Live CD .iso image and the isotostick.sh Bash script. The latter allows you to quickly create a bootable USB stick with Eeebuntu on it. Before you run the script, make sure that the syslinux package is installed on your system. On Ubuntu, you can install it either using the Synaptic package manager (search for “syslinux”) or using the sudo apt-get install syslinux command. Once you’ve done that, plug the USB stick, and run the following command:

./isotostick.sh ./eeebuntu.iso /dev/sdb1

The “sdb1” part in the command refers to the device name of the USB stick which you can quickly find out by running the sudo mount command (it lists all mounted devices). Also, replace the “eeebuntu.iso” part with the exact name of the downloaded .iso image.

When the script is finished, you can boot your Eee PC from the USB stick.