Hi all, new here. I don't have much background with linux. I bought an N800 2nd hand from ebay about a week ago and have been admiring and playing around with it. It came with 0S2008 installed already, and an IGO Stowaway keyboard.

I've only been able to pair up the keyboard once, (fluke I think), and now it won't pair any more. But that is another post.

I have not hooked it up to the internet....I don't have wireless internet at home (mine is cabled), and all my neighbours wifi are locked with wep/wpa, etc.

I want to install programs on the N800, but looking at the maemo website it seems the N800 has to be connected to the internet first...then programs downloaded from within the web browser.

Can I bypass this by downloading deb files on my home computer, saving them to an SD card and then installing them manually in the N800?

Because I want to get a lot more functionality out of this, currently without it being connected to the net, and an unreliable keyboard, there's not much I can do.

My ultimate goal is to use it to edit html ebooks on the go, then convert them to lrf for my Sony PRS505 ereader. But that is another post.

I'd love some insight. Thank you