Java and Debian packaging
Debian packaging is something that is both simple and elegant, and hard to get into. There is a huge amount of information about it available online, a lot of it on Debian's own wiki. Ubuntu, being a Debian derivative, also uses Debian packaging. Their Launchpad website offers automatic building of packages, and providing a so called PPA, which is a personal Apt repository. So, Debian provides the techniques, and Ubuntu provides an easy platform to host packages....