In the thread announcing the creation of that Maemo Basics page, i advocated putting a prominent link to it on the landing page (the Intro tab) of maemo.org. The current landing page is butt ugly, but besides that, it isn't suitably simple for a brand-new "everyday Joe" would-be Maemo enthusiast.

Unfortunately, i have no control over what goes on the landing page.

My recommendation was:
-Rename the landing page/tab to "Welcome"
-Put a prominent link on it for "Maemo Basics" wiki page and make it more of a welcome page. Explain what it currently does explain, then mention that a read-through of the rest of the side-menu articles is a good way to get up to speed and link to the next one at the bottom of the page. Fix the graphic and layout to be less fugly
-Give the same "breadcrumb" linking treatment to the rest of the tutorial/intro pages
-add another page at the end of "Maemo Basics" called "Getting Involved" that walks people through the ecology and structure of maemo.org. Basically, make this an alternative walk-through that is intended for the most basic, mainstream users. Focus more on the non-developer aspects of maemo.org and explain things in ways that won't make their eyes glaze over, or cause them to run away screaming and never come back

The current landing page "Intro", as well as the links on the side that are meant to be a walk-through of sorts, are targetted more at experienced computer nerds/developers. Even so, it's not intuitive that you should step through the list of entries on the sidebar to get up to speed.

In short, the first-impression maemo.org experience is very lacking right now. Considering how slick the actual user experience on the device is, we probably should polish our first impressions here.