Looking at the posts here, there appears to be a concensus of leaving the N8x0 on and seldom rebooting--primarily for the purpose of extending useful battery life (as the boot process consumes significant power).

In a frequent install-new-app/try-new-app/uninstall-new app environment, rebooting can help make your OS run more effectively as those less-than-perfect applications often leave trash in your device, even after they have been supposedly uninstalled.

While looking at the processes running in my N800 (many of them "come and go" frequently...popping up in the list momentarily and then disappearing), it sure seems like there are more processes running under Linux than on my desktop PC.

I use Process Explorer on my desktop and laptop PCs to check processes when things aren't running up to my expectations. It's like looking under the hood of your car to see if something's come loose or needs adjusting.

Is there some sort of list of known processes that we should be aware of and ones that we should be suspicious of?