I understand about the fact of wanting an open source OS, I'm completely happy with maemo, works perfectly well for me.

My question relates to the "just for the sake of it" side of things, like win 3.1, 95, OSX? and the like, I understand that none of those were running legally, but it was interesting and impressive to see what people and the device can do. I can imagine it wouldnt be wonderfully functional due to lack of certain drivers etc. But even if it were just for bragging rights, it still surprises me not to find any hint of an attempt.

I'd still love to have a crack at it myself, but it's comforting to know I'm not the only one who wouldn't have a clue how to start. I still worry about bricking my phone when i have to install something via terminal