Installing Ubuntu from a single USB drive is easy. This guide details the steps to get this great OS onto your UMPC with little effort.

Requirements for guide:

• Latest version of Syslinux
• Ubuntu or Variant of choice
• USB Flash drive/thumb stick with enough storage for files

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At the beginning of the week Ubuntu announced that it will be demonstrating a reworked desktop version of Ubuntu built specifically for a new category of portable notebooks. These affordable UMPC’s are expanding and evolving for the best.

Ryan Paul from Ars Technica did some hands on testing with the latest test build and expressed his thoughts on the current state.

With further development it’s looking to be a great addition to the Ubuntu range.

Press release: Source: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/netbook-remix
Product page: http://www.canonical.com/netbooks
Screenshots: http://flickr.com/photos/njpatel/2548177767/

If you have taken the plunge and modded your Asus Eee PC with a touch screen or have any UMPC/Tablet PC then this software is going to spark some major interest.

Download: http://www.phun.at

At heart Phun is a sandbox enviroment, the video demonstration will tell a 1000 more words then I ever could on this. Give it a try, regardless of if you have a tablet/touchscreen it is great.

Over the last few weeks I have received a few emails from readers about software on the Asus Eee PC, What do you use? any suggestions to applications or software for the Eee PC?

The majority of software I and many other people use these days for their day to day activities is open source. Free is a good price and the software is typically very light on resources while being extremely optimised and solid for a range of platforms.

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