Geany will work on a N800 with OS2008 just as well as on a N810, except that you will need a bluetooth keyboard or a virtual keyboard like xvkbd or xkbd.

But apparently, nobody can get the program to create a new line (via the return key) so from what I understand the program is awesome and cool, but kind of useless right now.

The debs are listed in a couple of posts in this thread. The latest ones by Pipeline are here: http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...8&postcount=20