I've been a happy owner of an Asus Eee PC 900 [1] for roughly three months now. The day it arrived I installed and configured Debian, and after about a month and a half of "ricing" I finally feel like I am using my Eee PC to it's fullest.
It runs constant reminders[2] to alert me when something is coming up (birthdays, holidays, events), throttles to 113 MHz to conserve battery life, uses the wmii[3] window manager for the best possible use of screen real estate (which is very important when you are on an 8.9" laptop screen), runs Vendetta Online[4] fairly efficiently, and auto-syncs with Gmail's IMAP server. But the one thing I really loved was increasing my keyboard sensitivity.
The drawback to this laptop, however, were that the keys were not sensitive at all. I'd often have to hit the keys two or three times before the actual keypress would go through.
After extensive reading on the Eee Users' forum[5] I found a soft mod to fix my problem -- Putting a layer of aluminum foil under the keyboard. I was able to pull my keyboard out and cut three layers of aluminum foil to fit under it. Now my keyboard is a pleasure to use, minus the annoying space bar. The Eee PC's space bar doesn't process keypresses to the extreme left or right, which often becomes a problem. I'll be tackling that problem next.
Just a short walkthrough: removing the keyboard is simple. Above the keyboard there should be three pins, if you push them the top of the keyboard should unhinge itself, then disconnect the ribbong and remove the keyboard. Then just cut out three to five layers of aluminum foil (of equal size to the keyboard0, lay it in the keyboard bed under where the keyboard should go (remember to cut an area off for the ribbon!), and re-attach your keyboard. Simple as that!
Now the only problems left with my Eee PC are the spacebar and the cruddy built-in wireless card. Perhaps I'll just purchase a USB WiFi card for roaming, it'll probably be easier and less problematic than trying to replace the internal wireless card.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC
[2] http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind
[3] http://www.suckless.org/wmii/
[4] http://www.vendetta-online.com/
[5] http://forum.eeeuser.com/
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