aprreciate the info man...but that sounds like alot of work..anyway not tryna get of subject..but has anyone tried the debian system..

http://elektranox.org/n900/installation/index.html

this link is nice and easy...i installed the framebuffer kernel and it booted up..but theres one problem...the x system dosent start..i only get a root sehll...but atleast it boots with bootmenu or multiboot..and all u gotta do is extract and image to a ext3 formatted card..