Hackable:1 is supposed to be a platform for the developers heart.

Based on Debian, it makes use of the power of 1,500+ Debian developers: you can do the development directly on the Neo Freerunner, you can get started in 5 minutes. Hackable1 comes with a full build environment.

Again, there is no longer a need to spend 24+ hours until your cross platform build system is up. 5 minutes and you are ready. And with distcc for compiling you have desktop speed building your application. Plus the power of Debian packaging for free...