Hello All,

I have just ordered an N800 after a bit of research but still have some further questions (I won't get it until next Friday which is miles away for a fiend).

1) What sort of shell do/can you get with the N800 using 0S2008? Is it a fully functional shell of say type BASH?

2) I have checked the Maemo site and see they have some good documentation available for programming but I would like to know how easy it is to build apps in Python or Ruby? I would have preferred to use Java but wouldn't mind learning P or R, I just want to avoid C/C++. Shame about the Java status!

3) I saw a thread about FTP in this forum, does that mean that nothing exists on the N800 for easily sharing files between devices/PC's?

4) Aimed at any other coders; What have you found the best way to code for the N800, like which language, which tools etc?

Thanks to anyone who can give me some feedback on any of the above.

1. www.nitapps.com has working bash.

2. Pluthon makes building maemo python apps easier.

3. Openssh with scp should do it.

Thanks qwerty12.

I have another question

Can the N800 support Ethernet using a USB to Ethernet adapter? Probably not as it will be missing other hardware on board but worth a try.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-TO-LAN-RJ4...QQcmdZViewItem

Np

I believe usb to ethernet adapters work but only if they are realtek chipsets or have modules built for them. You also need to set up a dummy connection.

There is a thread on usb to ethernet with successful results. I think it's started by dblank?

Thanks again for a quick response. I found the dblank thread.

Hiya,

Not fully functional but the 'ash' shell is highly usable, and a decent subset of what you'd expect.

I use sftp for this. It's easy to install OpenSSH, and it's a breeze to transfer files either way. Wifey has a Windows PC with an SFTP GUI which makes it even easier (I normally just use command-line sftp on my Linux box).

I often use tar over ssh as well, as an example:

will transfer ./thisfolder, ./thatfolder and ./thisfile from your local Linux box to one of your Nokia's memory cards.

scp something root/user@ip:/dir/

that works too, though you need the -r flag to copy folders.

Personally I like tar though, because I trust it with permissions and it has some useful functions that scp doesn't have - albeit none that I used in the example above

tar is good, also because it'll work also if you're using the dropbear ssh server instead of openssh (because dropbear doesn't have scp server support)