Seri..., The link you gave me takes me to a page that has the following text plus a list of applications (links). Where in that text does it clearly explain how to install applications? To me it seems more like instructions to developers. Not very useful for a dum end use like me. Some comments:

1) What is a repository?

2) It is nonsensical for an end user that "other libraries" have to be installed for an app to work.

3) What does "tracking dependencies" mean, manually or otherwise?

4) Example of a download prob: I tried to download Battlegweled. I downloaded the .deb file. Was that my mistake? Or am I supposed to download some "library", whatever that is/means, for it to work?
N770 can never be a succesful product if it does not cater for dummies like me as well.

5) =DC=, yes, something like that I hope the "missing install" get filled in soon. And that they get filled in properly. I tried the CGoban one, with then end result of my N770 telling me "Unable to install. Some packages required for the installation are missing" Oh and the descriptions of many (I am about to say most) applications is jibberish and/or greek to me, e.g. "Guile Scheme is the GNU Project's Scheme Interpreter"... que??


Oh and Happy New Year as well

"Welcome. Even though maemo.org is a developer forum, this page is dedicated to applications that are mature enough to be made available for end-users. If you find an application here that does not yet work, please move it to ApplicationCatalog2006Wip.

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Applications listed on these page are Maemo 2.0 compatible and usable for Internet tablet OS Edition 2006 installed devices. These applications WILL NOT WORK on devices with Internet Tablet 2005 Edition. If you have not updated yet, see ApplicationCatalog.

Many of the applications listes here can be installed from one of the repositories listed in ApplicationRepositories. That is often a better way of installing applications, for the following reasons: you will get up-to-date versions (and the system will be able to check for updates), and you will not have to track dependencies manually.

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