We were given a mini laptop called an ASUS (eee) computer. Were are trying to download a driver for a hp printer (D2560) we got for christmas and it asks for the operating system. When I go on System, it doesn't list the operating system. (everything but) How could we find out what system it operates on? Thanks and Merry Christmas...

If you have a start button, go start/all programs/accessories/system tools/system information, let it load, and it should be the first entry for the operating system.

I believe that the ASUS uses a version of Linux, but as you didn't mention which model you have it's difficult to help further.

More information can be found here: Eee PC | Easy to Learn, Work and Play

The ASUS eee does indeed use Linux; go to the terminal and enter the command

/proc/version

Which should tell you what version it's running. I believe newer versions of the eee run some version of Linux Xandros. You should be able to bring up a terminal window on the eee with Ctrl-Alt-T.

Thanks everyone, the model is Asus eee 2g surf. When you say Terminal, what are you referring to. On the Hp website, it says, I have to get to a screen to run a ".run file" (that is the driver file for the HP printer) A little confusing without the plug and play like XP has...

When you press the Ctrl, Alt, and T keys simultaneously, you should see a window open with a prompt. This is the Linux operating system prompt; the window is referred to as a "terminal" or "shell" for historical reasons.

At that prompt, you would enter the instructions given on the HP website to install your driver; when you're done with the process, type "exit" to terminate the shell. If you're going to be using a Linux machine, you might want to get a book or two like Linux for Dummies, or Linux for Non-Geeks (both available at Amazon.com).