Crunchbang Linux
Decided to try a new flavour of linux on the netbook to see if by going with an Ubuntu based distribution there would be more up to date stuff avalable.
I went with crashbang as it looked like most of the stuff worked...even though it had a dodgy name
I followed this guide
I had to rebuild it shortly after as I found that if I installed the recomended kernel I couldnt get my Vodafone mobile Connect USB stick to be recognised by the netbook.
I installed vodafone mobile connect from here
follow the instructions under the Debian, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Linux Mint secion
Only other configuration I have had to do so far is to get the mic to work in skype I had to set the inbound sound to use the device HDA Interl (hw:intel,0) from the dropdown options in the skype sound devices configuration.