@Dan

The ability to load a more traditional distro on an android phone is an exciting revelation (I'm surprised that I haven't heard of this yet). While I'm not to bent out of shape about losing XOrg GUI applications, having access to command line apps (eg. vim, sha/348/512/etc/sum, bash/perl/python scripting, rsync, etc) would be quite a boon to the platform especially with my BT keyboard. Even better, the ability to use the android ConnectBot client to access these local applications would be heavenly as it would be easily accessible from inside of the android system.

The Galaxy S is quite a capable piece of hardware, certainly faster than some desktops that I've owned just a decade ago (with more storage to boot!). The hardware is gorgeous, and the news of increased openness is wonderful for the community at large. I expect that even if Samsung stops official support, the community will keep it up to date with the latest android upgrades.

Thanks for the news. This certainly gives Android another point on my personal scorecard.