Neil MacLeod wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>   
>> I started at maemo.org and clicked on the announcement of the first
>> official OS2008 Update link, which took me to
>> http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/first_official_os2008_update.html.
>> On there, I clicked on the N800 image, which took me to
>> http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N800.php?f=RX-34_2008SE_1.2007.50-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin,
>> where I submitted the info and proceeded to download the image. So I
>> started on the maemo home page and took two obvious links to the
>> download area. I did not go to any developer site. I simply followed the
>> obvious links from maemo.org, as any user might be expected to do.
>> Nowhere, on those pages, was there any install info that I could see.
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
> >From your first link:
>
> "The OS2008 User Site[1] has a comprehensive list of features of the OS2008. 
> You can also check the content comparison tables done at a package level:
>
>   * RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.38-2 (latest OS2007) vs. current: content[2] - 
> changes[3]
>   * RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.44-4 (OS2008 developer beta) vs. current: content[4] 
> - changes[5]"
>
> Not only does the article on maemo.org provide you with a link to a dedicated 
> user site (suggesting maemo.org isn't an end-user site) but it goes on to 
> provide you with details of package level changes in the operating system. Do 
> you really think the article you discovered is applicable to ordinary every 
> day end users? It's clearly an article aimed at developers or more 
> knowledgeable/technically capable end users who already understand the 
> background to the topic being discussed.
>
> If you don't fall into either category, don't blame the lack of instructions 
> - educate yourself by reading the documentation resources readily available 
> on maemo.org and elsewhere, or stick to the end-user sites (which, by the 
> way, if you'd bothered to follow the provided links contain full OS updating 
> instructions and much more).
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> 1. http://nokia.com/os2008
> 2. http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/changes/50-2_vs_38-2_comparison.html
> 3. http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/changes/50-2_vs_38-2_changes.html
> 4. http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/changes/50-2_vs_44-4_comparison.html
> 5. http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/changes/50-2_vs_44-4_changes.html
>
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I click on that "The OS2008 User Site[1] has a comprehensive" link,
which takes me to http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470. On there, I don't
see anything obvious, so I click on N800, which goes to
http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470. I then click on "Support and
software", which goes to http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470. There, under
Software update, I click on Download software update. Which takes me to
http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470, where I find "For updating your
software using a Linux computer, go to www.maemo.org
<http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HOWTO_FlashLatestNokiaImageWithLinux?highlight=%28CategoryFlashing%29>.",
which is exactly where I started from.

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