I know there are a lot of people out there who wish to get started with development for the n900. I see they become frustrated by the wealth/lack of information to help get them started. The forums are a good place but can be intimidating. Also, the documentation provided under the development section is excellent but not always easy for another user to follow.

I have written a simple guide on installing maemo SDK on ubuntu 9.10 with step by step instructions. You can find the guide here http://www.binaryworks.co.uk/?p=34#more-34. As I continue learning how to develop and pacakage applications I will write some more guides, to help people.

I hope this is of use to someone and I'm sure they're loads more out there but good luck to those starting out just like me!