Thanks for your reply. I'm still confused. Your link makes no sense to me.

It's though. That entry says it either needs to not be locked or have ssh. And I don't know what ssh IS, much less if it has that on it. All it has is a black screen with a white square for an unlock code. That's as far as I get.

I see where he shows to type stuff in, but where am I even typing that in? I don't get any screen on my device, nor on my computer when I connect it via USB.

Furthermore, once I get to http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N800.php this page, I don't know which software to download to flash it. On the other page you linked, http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php, I have a winxp machine and an Intel-powered Macbook Pro with OSX Lion, so I don't even see where I can download anything I can actually use.

I am walking blind here. All I want to do is use my device. I am not a savvy Linux user and i don't even know what Ubuntu IS.