100% agree with suggestion to keep using Maemo. Properly configured, modified etc, it rox. also, remember about Easy Debian (chroot under Maemo).

Digression:
I can't understand people claiming that 800x480 3.5'' screen (= awesome pixel per square inch ratio - tell me name of device, that got better?) isn't "good" for mobile computing. Some basic optics knowledge (perspective, parallax) tell us that, in properly prepared room (where viewer can't count distance by looking @ walls, objects etc), viewer would not be able to distinguish between N900 screen (close to viewer eyes) and ~42'' screen (far from viewers eyes, so it's got perceived "same size" as N900 screen). Well, it's all about pixels per square inch...

While I use it with full-fledged Iceweasel (via Easy Debian), I change settings to down-scale webpages - result is, that even pages for 1024x768 don't require horizontal scrolling, and everything is as sharp as it should.

I can agree, that miniHDMI would just rox (I also use tv-out on LCD TV's, from time to time, and it's really pity, that we can't have miniHDMI), but other than that, N900 is just perfect as true pocket full-fledged computer.

/Estel