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Lightweight free apps for a Windows-based Eee PC

When I received my Eee PC I was quite dissatisfied with the Linux it came with. Quite honestly, while it was nice for basic tasks, it didn’t feel very responsive and the OS took up a lot of space.

After some days of usage, I decided to install a nLited version of Windows XP. By removing drivers, some languages support and many other things the final installation media wasn’t over 200 MB.

The OS alone isn’t exactly useful, so I had to install programs, but they had to be lightweight and serve the purpose well at the same time. Today we are infested with bloatware, but being a software junkie myself I think I made some good choices when installing stuff on the tiny machine, which I want to share with you:

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Windows Vista sticker prank

Some time ago a website started to sell stickers that have the following printed on them: “Now slower and with more bugs”. It was just a matter of time before someone did something creative with them: Brad Carter stopped by a Target store, and slapped some of them on Windows Vista boxes.

As for my experience with Windows Vista, I can say that it has been OK except for the performance issues I’m getting on my machines with it. Match or not… Who knows? Anyway, Brad stuck more stickers on other objects as well.