I don't mean to be offensive, but anyone here who doesn't understand why Debian + APT/dpkg is superior to Redhat/Fedora + yum + RPM, please stop commenting!

If the only reason you don't care about it (or prefer RPM) is that you're more familiar with it, then you need to research! Debian is an extremely robust, well thought-out system ported to dozens of architectures, supported by thousands of dedicated, experienced maintainers.

The debian base filesystem, package layout, and dependency tree is mature and extremely well thought out. In-line patch application and cross compilers are flawless. The community is not greatly influenced by any one entity. Hundreds of Debian mirrors are established worldwide. Policies are well set and decision-making is an open process. The philosophy is a no-compromise GPL-compatible license and OSS system baseline.

Please, Nokia! Maemo is outstanding. Please don't cripple it with for months or years with a distribution change!

EDIT: I'm not trying to trash RedHat in any way. I support dozens of RHEL servers at my company, and it was one of my first distributions in the mid-90's. I've built hundreds of RPMs and in fact an entire RPM generator system for our company's internal software.

Before RedHat I ran Yggdrasil and Slackware. I've "been around" and recognize RedHat's phenomenal contributions to OSS.

I've also spent hundreds of hours hacking embedded Debian systems including an RC filght platform and car computer.

Debian is quite simply a superior system for handheld devices!