Well, at least in the blog there is the option of maybe, not the stern 'never again' as in the post Although, the critique more seems like a 'why isn't my N900 an Android phone' issue rather than a critique of Maemo itself (there are many shortcomings, but the post focuses on differences to Android). A question to the OP, though, just out of curiosity - did you ever try out a desktop Linux and if yes, what was your opinion about it ?