You do realize that N800 is based on debian, and last time I checked, there are tons of programs for it...

http://packages.debian.org/stable/

No, N800 is not for everyone, but you can easily bring any debian apps to Maemo. N800 is an open system, while Ipod is a controlled system unless you Jailbreak, but even apps for that are limited.

As far as the openssh problem, they're working on it...
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...hlight=openssh