Ok my desire has arrived, I've charged it up, played with the software a little, and I have all this annoying Telstra crap - not that's a big issue, I planned to root and reflash anyways. But I wanna be careful 'cause I'm new to this game.
Now I've googled a bit, and I still am confused about something, what tool shall I use to reflash? I'm running ubuntu linux, but have a Windows 7 install if need be. I've also setup all my e-mail accounts, and I'd like to transfer that to the new ROM, how shall I go about doing that? In the mean time, I'll keep fiddling, perhaps put some music on it and see how the SQ compares to my previous assorted rockboxed mp3 players :)
Basically;
Is there anything I need to do prior to rooting it?
What tool shall I use to root the phone?
What ROM do you recommend for a newbie? I quite like HTC sense...