I recently purchased a n810 and new to the maemo software. I guess what I'm asking is what should I do, or is suggested when I start working with it? Thanks

Are you asking what the good apps are? Or what the good hacking opportunities are?

Check out my signature for some of my favorite apps.

Either or, I love hacking new stuff.

Also, some top community mods:
* Community SSU
* Diablo5 theme
* Diablo Turbo updates
* Advanced System UI
* Telescope task switcher
* Clone OS to SD card + dual boot

For apps, the "Downloads" section of this website has the ability to sort by popularity:

http://maemo.org/downloads/score/OS2008/25/

and freshness:

http://maemo.org/downloads/updated/OS2008/25/

Thanks, I guess a question would be where can I learn the step to hacking it?

Do you mean this?

wiki.maemo.org/Root_access

Then you can have your way with your N810 in the command line.

If you're looking for ideas, you can poke around this forum (particularly the OS2008, N810, and N800 subforums) for ideas or run searches on the projects I mentioned.

Otherwise, if you have more specific questions, feel free to ask, but for me at least you're going to have to be more specific.

http://maemo.qzx.com -- There's a list of some important threads, at least for me.

Repositories! http://www.gronmayer.com/it/

I have never used these repositories. Am I missing any great app? I have mostly used the Application Manager & the Downloads section of this website, which occasionally installs repositories as needed when I install an app.