I have no knowledge of how to get root, how to install apps, nor how to install maemo maps.

I have used Ubuntu & the terminal there a bit so I'm not completely ignorant. But I don't know where to begin with my new N810.

I saw that I can SSH in but have never done that with Ubuntu...do I need to connect the N810 to my (Windows) PC to do this?

Any links/instructions in a step-by-step layout would be most appreciated. (I did google & search this site but didn't hit any step-by-step from scratch instructions).