I see the problem is Debian, which still stubbornly use deb-package format, although in LSB it was agreed RPM is the package format used in LSB compliant systems. This Maemo -> Meego thing is just an another example how things get difficult as one system have been excused before not to follow the agreed standard. Standards are good(tm) and makes eventually lots of things easier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_S...package_format Also I like the RPM's standard way to GPG-sign the packages so we know who to blame when package has Trojans or viruses.