"Linux has gotten progressively simple to install and setup over the past few years. Sure, it's been on a steady path for far longer than that, but only in the past 2-3 years have we seen some of the biggest advancements in the history of the popular Open Source operating system. Application packaging is one of the biggest areas that still seems to remain untouched.
"GUI-based software installers are a necessary evil if Linux is to ever become a competitive operating system. There's no doubt about that. Even though most of us prefer to build our software the old fashioned way, most of the new users out there won't understand this method right away... and that's where application packaging comes into play..."
