Here are a couple of screenshots from my Debian install on the Eee. This last week I haven’t had a lot of opportunity to play with the Eee (real life always seems to get in the way) but I am leaning towards a Debian variant called Kanotix. I like some of the modifications to the base Debian system that the Kanotix team has done and am looking forward to trying it out on the Eee.
Eeelife 
You might want to try sidux instead of Kanotix. Kanotix hasn’t released a new version in a long time (altough a new one seems to be on its way). Sidux is a “continuation” of Kanotix based on Debian sid.
Forgot the link: http://www.sidux.com!
I am a big fan of the KDE desktop environment, have you tried kubuntu which is basically a debian distro similar to the one you just installed.
Interesting post. I have stuck with Xandros that came pre-installed on mine so far – mainly because it starts so fast.
I hear Peanut Linux is available in a minimal distro that runs from memory…
It looks very cool, iam going to try it on my other pc, hopely works ok
Greetings from Kansas!