The ASUS Triple-E PC is Still Breaking Sales Records!

The latest development in the smoking-hot Linux netbook market is the eee-Xubuntu, which is a customized version of Ubuntu, the world’s most popular Linux system, for the ASUS EEE PC (also known as the the triple-E-PC, EiEiEi-PC and iii-Pc – although the official name is Asus Eee Pc ).

Specifically, it uses a version of “Xubuntu”, which is Ubuntu with the Xfce desktop environment instead of the Gnome one. If you’ve never used Xfce, you’re missing out; it’s a smooth, user-friendly desktop with many similarities to Gnome and yet is many times faster than Gnome and has good, sensible defaults. Xfce is known for being a good choice for office desktops, because it’s a clean, efficient design that doesn’t get in your way.

The tweaks to help it run on the EEEPC include improved WiFi connectivity, a reduction in the number of disk-writes it makes (which spares wear and tear on solid-state drives) and they’ve also made it easier to install from USB instead of needing a CD-ROM, which is nice since Asus Eee Pc does not come with optiacal drive.

In an almost serendipitous coincidence, Amazon has started stocking the ASUS EEEPC in black, available for immediate shipping instead of the common 4 to 6 weeks. The sleek design of ASUS in black, together with a smart Linux system running on it, makes quite a statement about your elite computer skills when you flip it open.

There’s no telling where the Linux age will end up. Ubuntu-based systems just keep devouring the netbook and notebook computer market without real competition. It’s no wonder that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has mourned that Linux now represents a bigger competitor to them than Apple does. Although aboyt 75% of all Asus Eee Pc’s are sold with Windows XP, the Linux marketshare is bigger than on any other consumer market product.