Please come join us on the #debian-mobile IRC channel on OFTC. We would like to make Debian on tablets, handsets and other devices a reality.

Ubuntu probably includes a newer kernel than Debian. We'll be adding a newer kernel in lenny-and-a-half.

Python 2.6 wasn't released when the freeze for Debian lenny began. I'm sure there will be backports as soon as it gets into testing/squeeze.

Mindshare is important, you need it to get an influx of developers which you need to keep up with the growth of the distribution. Personally I believe Ubuntu has been both detrimental and helpful to Debian (and FOSS in general).

It was also mentioned on the dev announce list:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/01/msg00002.html

IIRC you need to use jigdo to assemble them from the packages. This page hints at that:

http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer/

TS3 will be probably released before squeeze, we still have no shortage of names.

The Debian KDE team would love any help people can give, perhaps from Kubuntu guys!