Why Everyone Doesn't Join The Revolution

I purchased my first computer that has Linux pre-installed. It's an ASUS Eee Ultraportable Laptop with a 4GB solid state hard drive. I am a novice Linux user, but follow instructions well and can typically get around the bash shell okay.

I use Hamachi a lot for work and home. It is a zero configuration VPN tool that I like very much and works through every router I have tried tunneling through. I have installed it on XP, Vista, and Mac OS X with no problem. In the case of XP and Vista, it is simply a double click install. With Mac OS X, it takes a little more, but is no big deal.

There's a version of Hamachi for Linux. I have attempted several times to install it using instructions from the makers of Hamachi as well as the ASUS Eee forum. The thread on the later is no less than 34 comments long and is, obviously, not as easy as a double click. I have failed three times now following the instructions.

This version of Linux has the Synaptic program installer, but of course, it doesn't help at all.

Here's my chief complaint. I hear all the time about the "Linux Revolution". I have installed Ubuntu on my PC at home and it works great with all the pre-installed packages -- same deal with my new Eee PC. But if you have to travel off the beaten path at all -- like installing something outside of their "package managers", everything falls apart. I shouldn't need a program installer to install a fucking program. I should double click the damn thing and it runs.

Operating systems exist to RUN SOFTWARE. At the very, very least, make THAT one of the easiest tasks to accomplish. I've now wasted way too much time.