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So Diablo has been released. Wasting no time I set about installing the new SDK under my distribution of choice, Ubuntu Hardy. The process is pretty painless thanks to the installer scripts but there are a few little gotcha's that you need to look out for.

If like me you are unfortunate enough to have to work with Microsoft Outlook and a Windows based mobile smart phone for work, then syncing with GPE-Cal on a Nokia Internet Tablet seems like a tall order. In fact its not that difficult; you just need to know how to 'glue' the bits together.

In the last week or so I've set up multiple scratchbox environments to develop for OS2008; the laptop, desktop, work pc, friends laptop and finally a spare workhorse in the corner that I use when I need spare CPU cycles. But it seems to me that although Nokia has made it easier to install, it can still be a little confusing for somebody new to the platform (I hate to use the term newbie). So below, in response to this, you can find a line by line install guide for OS2008. I've suppressed the output that you could expect from each command to make it more readable but suffice to say that if you can't figure out a 'Y/n' prompt (such as the Nokia disclaimer) maybe the OS2008 development environment isn't for you. Anyway here goes ...