I don't want to put the preinstalled Windows 7 back on this netbook because it's too underpowered. It came with Windows 7 Starter, I bought and activated a Windows 7 Home Basic license using its Windows Anytime Upgrade, and that turned out to bloat the already sluggish experience.
Since the way back is a poor vintage computing experience, the way forward might be Haiku. I just wonder if it supports the weird graphics resolution 1024x600.