Yes, you can do a lot of those things, but over homebrew. You can install ipkg-opt, which will give you access to the nslu2-linux optware packages. It's no apt, but you can still use it to install packages. From the optware packages, you can install python/ruby/php, install a vnc server (although I think there are some homebrew apps for that), install git, cron, and a lot of the standard programs you would expect in a standard linux installation.
I'm not sure on ssh port tunneling/forwarding, but curl/wget come installed on webOS.
Re:Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
by dave1010uk on Saturday May 14, 2011 @02:46AM
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WebOS is looking really good. Can anyone point me to an architecture diagram along the lines of [1]? The best one I could find was [2], which doesnmt give many details.
[1] http://www.99bits.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meego-archi...
[2] http://www.palminfocenter.com/images/webos-architecture-dev....
Re:Why Geeks Should Love HP WebOS
by joshuafcole on Thursday May 12, 2011 @03:05PM
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Tunneling has worked like a champ for me. With a linux box at home and a linux phone in my pocket, corporate blockers are a thing of the past and all of my work is only ever an ssh away. =]
Other Linuxy things that I use my N900 for that I'd like to know if webOS could do: - vnc server - all the usual ssh port tunnelling / forwarding stuff - bash - cron - git - curl / wget / nmap - software repositories (Maemo uses apt) - python / ruby / php
(Not trying to say mine's better than yours, I'd just like to know if webOS might be for me as my N900 is getting old)