First I'd like to thank you for proving my point so effectively. This only works on a particular firmware version. I forget the RC3x that it requires but it was patched... meaning that if you have one that is not that specific one this won't work, and you have to first flash *back* to that one using update.zip and then get this app. Yes: Download file, rename file, put file somewhere specific reboot press magic key combinations, in special order wait reboot yayRoot! Bat file?? I assume then this requires connecting to the computer .. right??? Yes.. 2 downloads, 3 buttons, plus a developer shell command... And somehow all of these are supposed to compare to: Open official Application Manager (HAM) Install rootsh Enjoy root! No reboots, no flashing, no magic keypresses, and you're downloading from a trusted source - not some random website online who specializes in hacking devices for a living and hoping it's not malicious... and no connecting to a computer to do anything - unless you choose R&D Mode. Sorry... I believe root should be available on the N900 by default, as all of this is "hacks" to get access to your device... but in terms of user-friendliness and easeness - no android or iphone device compares to Maemo. Maemo could, if they wanted, fix the problem that allows us to install rootsh so easily - but to this point, they've neither cared: and mostly made it public knowledge that you could do so. This is the huge difference between consumer Android, and consumer Maemo.