Went around my home (Gerresheim center, B7, Rennbahnstraße, glider airfield, Knitkuhl, B7 and back) by bicycle with the new Garmin eTrex Legend HCx. A friend recommended this device despite cursing their proprietary software. It works anyway thanks to the people providing things like gpsbabel and mkmap. So, within a day I learned to use the GPS device, record tracks, upload tracks, edit maps with JOSM (needs further experience), download OSM files, use mkmap to produce garmin maps and upload them to the device.

All this works on Linux and seems to be easier even then setting up a printer directly hooked to the computer:-)

For JOSM I still need to find out a few bits: is it necessary for ways to share a point at a junction to enable real routing? What is the best way to deal with residential streets for which I don't remember the name (need to take a MP3 recorder along)? What is the best tagging for forest and field tracks that are well suited for cycling. This type of track is nearly unkown in England, so the UK biased tagging is not a perfect match.