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Originally Posted by littlex
Aha! 
 I will give it a try...
Maybe a Linux-basics-book might be helpfull, too? |
It might *if* you intend to push the IQ to its limits.
Just bear in mind that the Linux underpinings are (mostly) kept out of sight.
If all you intend to do is load apps and use those apps you don't need to mess around with the advanced stuff.
For now, rooting (or the repacked and patched firmware variants) offers the ability to install more than a couple dozen apps, fake out the installation app so you can install apps that require a newer version of the OS, and remove the bulk of the built-in apps. With the "experimental" repack, you get better performance in some areas, too.
My suggestion would be to wade in; see how the gadget fits in with your needs, which apps are useful to you, what you can do with it and what you can't. It won't take long to figure out if you need more than the baseline firmware allows. Then you can start looking into the innards.
It's not hard at all, the folks 'round here have greased the way a lot so it doesn't take a brain surgeon to do. Anybody *can* do it with a bit of attention to the instructions. But it's not necessarily something everybody *needs* to do.
Just because you can doesn't mean you need to.
Just a thought.