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I ditched Abiword and Gnumeric today. Just because my I think OpenOffice has a lot more features than this. And I also removed Gnumeric Spreadsheet because it doesn’t look so nice to me.

Anyway, I’m not gonna use OpenOffice and I don’t know why I installed it. It uses about 10% of disk space and it’s already big bite for my 4G. I like it, maybe because I get 3 office applications from a single source. (Open Office)

Installing it doesn’t take much, btw. Simply install it the way you install / uninstall applications on eeeXubuntu.

Let’s see if I can setup the toolbars the way it was setup on default Xandros. Let’s see.

It’s like normal process you do when removing applications from your Windows OS. All you need to do is find the Add/Remove application and be ready to select applications you do not want. Basically, you can install and uninstall anything available in it.

Applications > System > Add/Remove…

That’s it.

I got annoyed of the “battery is broken” warning message so I changed the settings to only show the battery icon when the battery is critically low. But it’s like it’s not working as it should. My eee pc just shutdown by itself without any warning after a couple of hours when unplugged. I have been searching for this since the day I disabled the battery icon to show on the system tray. Glad I finally discovered how to do it. And it’s very simple. I’m a total noob.

Application > Settings > Screensaver Settings > Power Management > General tab

Available options
• Only display an icon when battery power is critically low
• Only display an icon when charging or discharging
• Only display an icon when battery is present
• Always display an icon

I believe the 4th option is set by default. I have tried the first option, it did not work as I expected.

For 2 days, I was able to isntall, configure and run Avant Window Navigator (AWN) on my eee pc. I mean 2 tries.

And it’s so sweet seeing my eeeXubuntu installation on this state. Cool. So far, it’s the coolest thing I have done with my eee pc. Plus it runs smoothly with Compiz-Fusion. Cool, cool, cool.

There are a lot of distros already being run on Asus Eee but I just have tried Xandros and eeeXubuntu so far. The Xandros in Easy Mode is the best in terms of user friendliness and easy access to applications. Because of its tabbed UI, you can have different categories to contain shortcuts to applications. It’s not that efficient before because you cannot add additional icons, until the Easy Mode Editor.

The advancec mode by the way is way better in terms of usability. You can gain more access to other applications that are beyond most users knowledge. In other words, Advance Mode is for advanced users. I was able to enjoy using it with Beryl installed until I messed up with my default Xandros. I was not able to explore a lot about Advance Mode since I still use the Easy Mode most of the times.

Then I install eeeXubuntu and find it way way better than Xandros whether it’s Easy Mode or Advanced. I have been exploring eeeXubuntu for a week already and so far, I see big differences. I can’t explain it though because I’m just a nood Linux user pretending to know everything.

Now, I am running Compiz-Fusion on it and it’s more enjoyable to use. Better than Beryl + Eee PC.