riiiight...
1. I never tried
2. It's Linux - so i guess there should be source code available. Get the source, try to compile & i guess u will go mad after the 20th missing dependency... But u can do it in principle...
3. http://www.softrecipe.com/System-Uti...rcconvert.html
They say u can convert....
I am on Linux for years & only to think about a tool that let's u convert from 1 package to another on a windows machine makes me shiver.
Btw - .deb is the package u would want for maemo...

I guess it's easier to try find a native debian solution. Maybe in some ubuntu's Netbook repro's. Still that will be *quite* some work if it's not allready here on maemo.

If u don't understand what i'm talking about u will most likely not build the pkg by yourself too soon. By the time u prob. don't need a timetable anymore

BUT - it's Linux & if u wanna learn howto do things like that u sure can!
Maybe start to learn how to compile your first program all by yourself - best on a bigger (faster) machine than the n900 with any Linux.