Deploy to Linux

[Monte Goulding]

Howdy

I need to build and deploy an application on Linux as my client is  
looking at the low end netbooks. I haven't looked at Linux for a long  
time and thought I'd get some advice before I jump in. From memory,  
application installation/packaging was specific to the distribution???

If someone could talk me through the process they go through to deploy  
on Linux it would be appreciated.

Cheers

Monte