Great, thanks for the helpful info! I'll read that the SDK repository was not for the tablet, but had no idea it would actually work on the device. Oh, beloved make, you are so close now.

Yeah, I use the terminal for all my filesystem stuff too (and found a version of bash in one of the repositories, which is oh so nice), but I was just curious if there was anything around. XFE is my favorite for my desktop machines, but I think it's a little complicated for the tiny screen - I might try it out just for fun, though. I had tried EmelFM2 a while ago, I believe, and found it to be a little too awkward for my tastes - I'll give GPE a shot.

josiah: thanks for the deb link for tar, I don't know how I missed the comment about GNUtar in the thread.