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In case anyone else is searching for whether or not one could reflash with open source firmware and run debian, here's what I found:

Short answer : It is non-trivial.

Wrong tablet/forum link I think. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire (situation is not much better).

Real shame there's no root access. I understand what Amazon is doing - but if love to have turned these into some glorified smart displays.

Exactly what I was thinking. Would have loved to use one of these for a monitor on a raspberry pi.