I guess I don't understand this thread, but just in case I do understand some of it, I will say that for most problems including the reboot problems I had (five of them with the earlier firmware) I never needed access to my Linux system (although I have one) and the worst and most extreme thing I ever had to do to get a working system was reflash using the Nokia software from a Windows computer. So I would feel quite confident in Iraq that I could keep my N800 running just fine.

(It is amazing what disparate problems we can have starting from such a similar environment!)