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Old 06-03-2011, 07:31 PM   #7
kovidgoyal
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It took me 3 hours to make the linux installer vs. 3 days for the .msi (and I had to learn a whole new set of extremely poorly designed and documented tools just to make the installer). Whereas on linux, I just used a simple python script, the same language that calibre is written in. As for calibre not working on linux, thats usually because of porrly implemented distro packages, as long as people stick to the official one, they are usually fine.

And despite using two whole frameworks for the .msi, my simple python script for linux works, much better.

Though I have to say that in the installer tech competition, OS X wins.
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