NOOB friendly: Getting Started

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Beginner/Noob:
Skill Level Needed: Low

Do you just want to try out a few Homebrew Apps? If so you don't need to hack your Palm Pre, you only need to follow a few very simple steps, Note: Can not install patches with this method currently.

Good for: Install Homebrew

Follow these fool proofs steps here.

You might want to consider backing up any files you have in the usb drive portion of the Pre before installing any apps.


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Intermediat/advanced:
Skill Level Needed: Medium to High

Do you want to build/install homebrew apps, play around with the Pre's linux internals, or get your hands dirty with some Patches? Then follow these steps:


 * 1) Download the Palm SDK.
 * 2) Install it using the Palm SDK installation instructions.
 * 3) You can then run palm-install to install a package onto your Pre (or onto the Pre Emulator), and run 'novaterm' instead of 'palm-install' to directly access the Linux command line.
 * 4) Follow desired steps from the 'Next steps' below.

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Advanced Topics

 * Adding Disks to the Emulator
 * Backing Up via Rsync


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Next Steps

 * Set up users, Optware, and access
 * Applying Patches
 * Setup SFTP
 * DDNS for EVDO

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