Thread: How open are these phones?
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
If I don't like Maemo for some reason, can I replace it altogether?
Sure, although it's unclear as of now how this may affect the cellular functionality.

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
Will I be able to do a dist-upgrade or similar once Maemo 6 comes out? No compatibility issues with the phone?
Currently unknown, but speculation says an upgrade shouldn't be an issue (although I doubt very much it'll be a dist-upgrade).

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
How would one go about connecting to the maemo installation on the phone? USB/wifi & then SSH?
I'm not sure I understand this question. You could access the phone over any of its available network connections to connect to whatever services you have active. SSH should be available for installation out of the box.

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
Will backing up all my configuration settings and phone based data effectively be the equivalent of backing up my home directory?
Should be.

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
Is there a whitelist application that will only allow calls/sms-es from numbers that are on a whitelist?
Unknown, but I'm sure such a think could be created if it doesn't exist yet.

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
One of my pet peeves has always been the existence of SMS/texting. I've been told that it's part of the yada-yada specs or some such and that I cannot turn it off - is that right?
The existence? If you never use the service, and never see it, why does the existence bother you? I'm not sure I understand this question.

Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
From what I read, I can install apps from the repository and even add new repositories. How about installing binaries and so on?
Well, the repositories are simply little indexes of all of the binaries they host, so, yes. dpkg is also available from XTerm.
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