Some notes concerning this image:

The image is shipped with OpenSSH server by default, it is very important to

regenerate RSA/DSA keys:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* && dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
Before starting to install stuff update the package lists in apt (otherwise
you are likely to get a load of file not found errors
apt-get update
Icons for LXDE are missing, so run:
apt-get install lxde-icon-theme
Time is not set, so run:
apt-get install ntp fake-hwclock
Choose your timezone:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Configure locale settings:
apt-get install locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales
Configure keyboard settings:
apt-get install console-setup keyboard-configuration
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
The image is quite minimal. If you want a load of old-fassioned unix style c
ruft installed issue the following commands as root. This will install about 100
additional "standard" Linux packages.
apt-get install tasksel
tasksel install standard
qemu-system-arm -kernel kernel-qemu -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -no-reboo
t -serial stdio -append "root=/dev/sda2 panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw" -hda raspbia
n-r3.img -hdb debian.img