Hey all, I've been a lurker at maemo.org for a few months now, just today started up my account.

I'm planning on grabbing an N900 sometime around christmas, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to help the community grow without being a developer, and without having a device.

Some quick background: While I'm very familiar with Windows OSes, I've used linux only sparingly. Installed a few different distros over the years (ubuntu, opensuse, fedora), but they never really stuck with me (I think its the gaming part of me ).

I do have the SDK running on my VMWare, and so I was just trying to get a good lead on what to start researching, learning, etc. before my device got here. I'd love to start being a tester for some of the not-yet-released apps, so I would guess to start out by knowing the ins and outs of flashing and unbricking devices might be useful....what else though?


Cliffs for those that dont want to read:
1. Don't have my N900 yet
2. Not a developer, limited current knowledge of linux OSes
3. Want to try and help out the community, possibly through testing?
4. Good resources on where to start and things to learn while I'm waiting for my device?