uninstall apps that you dont need, removing the extras-devel repositories removes about 10mb, but I dont want to do that because I like using the apps there...anyone have any other suggestions?

There are ways to free up a lot of space by moving some system files to the n900 system, and linking them to rootfs, but thats very risky and makes the n900 run slow so I wouldnt recommend it. Im just looking for ways to delete unneeded files

Also, that boot video with the shaking hands is like 10mb i think if u wanna delete it, or replace it with a smaller vid