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are there any more "desktoppy", window's esque desktops that can be installed on maemo? i want to keep maemo, i just want a 'standard' desktop. anything like that?
 

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PenguinBait released a full KDE desktop. There are lots of threads in the Alternatives forum (where this thread should probably be, too), but here's a good one to start with.

Easy Debian comes with an LXDE desktop, which is sort of Gnome Lite.

There are also some other very lightweight desktops, like FVWM.
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i read through all of those, and they all seem to need "boot from sd". i dont have an sd card, so are there any of these that dont need an sd card?
 
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Probably not. The internal flash of the N8x0 is rather small (256MB), and most of the alternative desktops take up a fair bit of room. You'll want to pick up an SD card at some point, though, anyhow. 8GB cards can be found from dealers such as NCIX for <$30 on sale these days, and a 2-4GB card would probably be enough for some of the options.

EDIT: I stand corrected

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i read through all of those, and they all seem to need "boot from sd". i dont have an sd card, so are there any of these that dont need an sd card?
Yes, PenguinBait's IceWM is small enough for the internal flash.
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SD cards are not all that expensive:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...asp?CatId=4020

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