I don't quite get your problem...
I don't see what the OS, or hardware has to do with the installation
of compiled binaries on a system where you only have to say
where to put the files and to add icons to programgroups and
desktops.
Sure, I have to cope with different windowmanagers like KDE,
Gnome and Win32, but that's something I can live with.
If you know what Installshield does, you know that is's just
a shell around a 'copy the files to the right directory'...well,
OK, a bit more than that, but basically it has nothing to do
with the OS and not at all with hardware...
Jouke Visser, Perl 'Adept'
Using Perl to help the disabled: pVoice and pStory