Hello. I recently got a Nokia n800 tablet and I am running OS 2008 at the moment. While I am finding my way around the device well enough, I did have some questions that I cannot find easy answers for. While I can find some answers, the answers are out of date and somewhat confusing...

So, after I install OpenSSH server, I can set the root password. When I try to use sudo, it doesn't work at all. If I try sudo gainroot then I get yelled at that I am not in R&D mode and that I would only want to enter that mode if I want to break my device (nice warning about root...). When trying to figure out what that is all about, I have seen talk of a program that allows you to enter blue pill and red pill modes but I haven't heard much about what that was talking about either.

So, can anybody summarize? Also, can I become root without using SSH to do so?