vpnc on Maemo is actually pretty nice.
And I don't hate N900. I actually love it. If I did not have to use it in corporate environment I would have kept it. I am just disappointed, because it is cool and I can't keep it. If Maemo dev team gets their stuff together and fixes MfE (provisioning, user certificate authentication) I would probably buy it again. 802.11x would be great as well but I could live without it.

As for the recently joined stuff. I have been member of internettablettalk forum fow a while.I have some experience with Linux.
I had Zaurus SL-5500 and SL-C3100 with pdaXrom and OpenZaurus. I had N810 with Maemo and Mer, and I had N900

Because my addiction to Linux gadgets I will be probably back here when Nokia releases another Maemo phone.