| While using Linux in the past I come across its major drawback; its lack of support for automated Installers.
For professionals it might not be a major point, but for ordinary users it is major point. Average user installs more packages every day than he used to do couple of years back.
Windows has its own installation framework known as MSInstaller. This installer makes installation standardised across Windows platform. Also further installation packaging software such as InstallShield and Wise installation are available in the market. They make experience of user very easy. Complicated routines such as identifying current system OS, memory and other peripherals, disk space available, previous version of software package in the system, licensing terms etc are handled by script internally without requiring any expert knowledge during installation.
When it comes to server/client installation and multiple package installation (like installing drivers, db connections, database engines etc), it need to do more work in background and less in foreground.
Current Linux installation is very complicated. Also different distributions are required for different Linux OS and versions. While installing there is no GUI, making it more difficult. Typical user is not ready to do 5% of dirty work compare to professionals.
Software application creators should be able to create standard installation package with an ease. It should be very easy to select its compatibility with multiple Linux distributions etc and file structure for each distribution should be automatically worked out based on distribution on system.
Need of an hour is to create such installation framework which can simplify this routine. I believe this framework can be created as open source add-on and installation packaging software can be created by either open source players or commercial players.
I believe creating this framework can help making Linux as viable option for end users.
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