I'm one of the biggest noise makers when it comes to the NIT's short comings. But, reflashing on a regular basis is not one of them. I only reflashed each time a new OS has come out and when I'm goofing with SD booting.

I've owned a N800 since its arrival and an N810 shortly after. I've bought 7 N800 units from CompUSA before they went out of business and sold them to friends and eBay users. The ones around me aren't flashed that often either.

Oh, also I've never touched Linux before this point.