One thing multiple vendors of micro systems have started to do is to offer not just instructions on how to setup a system, but also offer a VDI for vmware-style systems. It makes things easier on developers (get one file, virtual-boot it, log in, and go...), and in many ways helps them out, since they don't spend time dealing with issues from someone trying to figure out issues with their environment.

Hasn't someone made a VDI for Maemo? I'd have sworn I saw one for MADDE out there at one point.