I've followed the directions at maemo.org and installed the development environment. I can compile and run the 'hello world' demo in the simulator.

But how do you compile the source code for the open source apps? For example, I want to modify the way the RSS Reader works.

A lot of people could get into hacking the N800 if they could start by modifying the existing apps instead starting from scratch.

Also, is there an official repository of the open source applications on the N800? I've found mirrors such as http://hsivonen.iki.fi/maemo-src/ by searching for 'osso-rss-feed-reader'. But is there an official, current one?

There must be a simple way to tap into the official OS 2007 apps CVS/Subversion repository and feed changes back into the source trunk... Hints?

--Gary