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The problem isn't getting ssh access (Cyanogen ships with the dropbear ssh server), but getting decent userland tools and possibly some form of package management. This is hard precisely because Android doesn't obey the LSB and assumes that mostly everything will be done in Java.

It would be very nice to have an OS designed for phones which would be a standard Linux with additional stuff on top. Sadly, Android is more of a Linux kernel without standard tools but with a bulky alien Java-based stuff to do everything.

It would be very nice to have an OS designed for phones which would be a standard Linux with additional stuff on top. Sadly, Android is more of a Linux kernel without standard tools but with a bulky alien Java-based stuff to do everything.

Maemo/Meego is/was exactly that: Debian Linux complete with apt, with a tablet and phone UI.

Has anyone tried creating a Debian/Android distribution (like Debian/kFreeBSD)? Mozilla's B2G (Boot To Gecko) OS uses the Android kernel without the Dalvik VM or frameworks. I don't know what B2G's userland looks like.

A Debian/kAndroid distro could be what Maemo/Meego wanted to be, but benefit from Debian's popular userland and Android device support provided by Google and device manufacturers.