In the meantime you could try downloading fremantle libneon .deb, placing libneon.so from it in the same folder as live-f1 and run 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.' before trying to run live-f1, might work.
I got it running, just installed the libneon deb from the maemo repository. The problem now is that starting it in the terminal is kinda difficult, because with the VKB in the way, the program stops with the message "insufficient lines/columns in display" (unless I'm really fast and manage to hide the keyboard while it's starting).
Could a shortcut be made to run it in the terminal without showing the keyboard?
^I think yes... and there is "wlines" (orwhatever) in display.c where you can reduce lines... But rainisto allready show us working version... maybe we should wait... few hours...
No way to lower font size in xterm before running? (in N900 it's volume up/down, no idea how it works in N9, but bit crazy it seems)
EDIT: or a shotcurt on desktop (you need to enter your email/pass only once) that does 'xterm -e /home/user/live-f1' executing the binary without forcing kb? Try mrxvt from maemo? It definitely allows -e(xecuting whatever program you want). Maybe executing .sh that does the above? In maemo it is not straightforward, but if it is running, starting it up without kb showing should be doable.