[maemo-users] Maemo different from GNU/Linux?

[From: Marcel]

Hello,

I'm seriously planning to buy an N900 and I'm following this list for
some time now. Someone here said some time ago that Maemo's userland is
quite different from the typical GNU/Linux one. Having experienced the
Neo Freerunner as "just like the Linux next door", I'd like to know what
exactly is different from a typical (Could someone define that? :) )
Linux environment. Except the closed phone stack, of course... (It is,
isn't it?)

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Marcel