When Asus first announced it was developing the Eee PC, the company said there would be two ways to use the device. First was an innovative new “easy mode” that would replace the typical start menu with six easy to use tabs labeled internet, work, learn, play, settings, and favorites. And for more advanced users, there would be a full KDE-based desktop.
But now that the Eee PC is shipping, it looks like Asus has disabled the full desktop mode. Sort of. It turns out that you can toggle back and forth between easy and full desktop modes, but you need to install a few packages first. This isn’t very advanced hacking. You don’t need to add any repositories, for example.
Anonymous says
December 1, 2007 at 12:39 pmActually there is a way to automatically boot to full desktop mode: Settings > Personalization > Login Mode (change to full desktop mode.
Anonymous says
January 14, 2008 at 1:53 pmCool thanks for the tip…. ill try that.
Anonymous says
May 27, 2008 at 6:05 pmThat doesn’t work – there is no ‘Login Mode’ option.
Anonymous says
June 3, 2009 at 10:32 amI think that you need to install the packages as per this article first. Then you will see the option.
http://eeesite.blogspot.com/2007/11/eee-pc-enabling-full-desktop-mode.html
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