How to set up Advanced Desktop or Full Desktop on an Eee PC 1000

1. Press Ctrl & Alt and T at the same time to get to the terminal.
2. Type sudo synaptic
3. Click settings and then repositories
4. Click add in the bottom left corner
5. Put http://download.tuxfamily.org/eeepcrepos/ in the URL:
6. Put p701 in the distribution
7. Put main etch in the sections
8. You have just added the 701 repositories
9. Now close the repository window and click reload in synaptic
10. Next search for ksmserver and then kicker right click on each one and mark install
11. Click apply at the top of the page and wait for synaptic to finish
12. Close synaptic and the terminal window
13. You should now have a full desktop option in you shutdown options.

Source: geeksok.com

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