Dietmar,
Thought you might be interested in this from the Debian Project News today.
Bits from the Debian Eee PC team
Ben Armstrong [26]reported on the current activities of the [27]Debian Eee PC team: Debian's next release Lenny will work with all of the earliest models of the Eee PC and the Eee PC team hopes to soon realize its goal of a completely DFSG free system for the earliest models of the Eee Pc. Newer models are now able to install using the atl1e ethernet driver from eeepc.debian.net; support for wireless and other aspects of the new hardware will follow soon. The wireless custom Debian-installer is also making good progress. There are currently two Debian-live USB images available: a demo of the [28]LXDE desktop (a lightweight desktop environment that is made with the Eee PC in mind) and a minimal console-only image for rescue/backup. The team is also always looking for new members to contribute to Debian's support for the Eee Pc.
26: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/08/msg00002.html 27: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC 28: http://lxde.org/
Regards Maurice