Ubuntu Linux: First approach on my Asus eee-pc netbook

Currently, I have to work on several projects that are required to take part at the exams in february. Projects... in the particular of studying Computer Sciences this is, of course: programming. Quite a lot.
Last semester I wrote all my projects under Windows... *shame on me*

But two days ago, I thought it's time to move forward... so I installed Ubuntu on my EEE-PC. It was somewhat tricky since the eee-pc has no DVD drive, so one has to improvise and take for exampe an USB memory stick for the installation.
But I don't have anyone, so I had thought my MP3-Player with cable connection would do the trick, too. And it does!
By reason that I want to keep my Windows XP installation (because I paid for it..) on the built-in solid state drive, I decided to install Ubuntu on a 8 gb SD-card :).
As you can imagine... installing from a USB memory to a SD card will take a while; so a few hours later, a fresh new Ubuntu is ready to use!

Of course, at first, several devices were not working (like WLAN). But there is a great community out there which created very good tutorials and scripts to cope with that fact.
So without any problems until now, I installed every programm that I need (or for fun of course ;D), and: That is very simple and efficient... I never had to make a restart of my system (like Windows), or had to consider, where I have to install it, if I need other programms to run it, etcpp.
If you don't know: usually, in Ubuntu you install programms through a packet management software. There you can choose between thousands of (free!!) applications to download and install. This process is automatically done by this software.
I can do this also from a terminal:
for example, I needed the clisp - environment for my studies, I opened a terminal and typed:

$ sudo apt-get install clisp
--- then I have to confirm and the installation will proceed, after that I can immediately start to use the programm, so:
$ clisp

Awesome!

What's about graphics?
One really great tool for work (and fun^^) is the so called compiz window manager. This programm takes care of the management of your virtual desktops which you cycle through at any time with ALT+left/right. And while changing you have really nice 3D effects, hardly to describe, check out the youtube video ;)


My conclusion: Wow! Absolutly amazing, working makes now a lot of fun and through the virtual desktops and fast access to all programms I need, it's now a very effective and efficient work (btw: difference of effective and efficient)