I can't get xfce4 to start on the Xomap server at all. But my Xephyr method works. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get it to boot directly to xfce4 instead of Hildon using Xephyr on top of Xomap. This server-on-server action doesn't seem to have a serious (if any) performance penalty.

Some notes on booting to Debian.

• You want to set as much up as possible using the chroot method, because you have access to your full Maemo system.
• If you want to use vncserver, the only one currently available for armel is tightvncserver.
• It always takes two boots on my system. The first boot just sits at the booting screen for a couple of minutes then it reboots the system (you have to be quick on the menu button to tell it to boot again to the Debian partition), then the second boot gets to the Hildon desktop.
• With the proper wlan0 settings in /etc/network/interfaces (as Johnx stated above), you can auto-connect to your wireless by adding two lines to /etc/rc.local ...
  
  Code:

  ifdown wlan0
  ifup wlan0

  Do not ask me why you need to take it down and put it back up. It works.
• The internal flash and the SD cards don't have any entries under /mnt so there's no way to mount anything else. This would seem to be a high priority for any future versions.
• Without any power management utilities, it can be a rather sudden shock when the battery runs out and your tablet goes black.

Some notes on running xfce4 on Debian:

• No pressure sensitivity. Is there some other kind of mouse driver we should be using? A tablet driver, perhaps?
• No touchscreen calibration. It can be a bit of a challenge to remember where you need to click.
• No HW key mappings or right-click. I think we'll need some of the hacks developed for penguinbait's KDE.
• Bluetooth Manager crashes with some sort of DBus exception in the Bluetooth audio section.
• Transparency is cool! You can make xvkbd transparent so you can see what you're typing into the window below.