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Warning. Rant mode on. Developing binary packaged software for Linux is a nightmare. It's like painting a moving train. Which distributions do you target? What versions of glibc do you support? What kernel versions do you test with? How about gcc versions? The fake POSIX threads on Linux are no help, either. Mandatory file locks? Patch your kernel! Forget it. At least Microsoft makes life easier for developers. Tools and documentation everywhere. You want to do FOO? Here's how. On Linux, you have to rely on the communities' verbal history. It's not worth the grief for a market of "thousands of Linux users." Linux and UNIX is optimized for source code distribution; ship your source code and the system works great. If you're trying to develop a binary package, forget it. Link it static and hope for the best. Don't use POSIX threads either.