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The 1005HA is one of the brand new Asus eeePC netbooks, and it is a
great little machine - aside from the fact that it comes with Windows XP
or a dumbed-down customised Xandros (allegedly - as time goes on, Asus
seem to be selling out to Microsoft).

As the 1005HA is pretty new, it has a few odd hardware quirks that won't
be fully supported out of the box until the next release of Ubuntu.

Here I run through what I did to end up with a 100% working install -
including all Fn hotkeys. The good news is that it is very easy!
My perfect Ubuntu setup on the 1005HA

My perfect Ubuntu setup on the 1005HA

If you followed these instructions before, and now want to upgrade
to Karmic, see my notes here.

Step 1: Installing Ubuntu

Start off with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. It is designed for netbooks and
comes with a customised kernel. Even if you don't like the special
netbook interface, it can be easily reverted to the default Ubuntu look
with a single click.

Download it here, and follow the simple instructions here to create an
installer on a USB stick.

Power on your netbook, and repeatedly tap F2 to bring up the BIOS
configuration.

Under "Boot settings", disable "Boot Booster", and hit F10 to save
settings. We do this so that we can specify our USB installer as the
boot device, and can re-enable it later.

When the machine reboots, hit "Esc" repeatedly to being up the boot
menu. Choose the USB key, and away you go.

I wouldn't bother with the "live preview", and jump straight into the
install.

The Ubuntu install process is straightforward.

Partitioning during install