When you are talking about Ubuntu, you're talking about admins using it.. not home users. As such the lack of new things making would never be acceptable to home users - they are constantly looking for new things.. and if they can't find it in the normal store.. they will go elsewhere if it's possible at all.
I've never met those home users. What things are they looking for? I rarely see home users install anything but malware. All they use are web browsers.
Updated as I figured out where things have moved away from the documentation that I had. The five minute install video is for Stacki 1.x and they have changed quite a bit at the core so that is why the video does not reflect the needs of the current installer. Avoid the StackiQ video for installation.
For those stumbling in here down the road, the current consensus is that FreePBX is the better option for your new PBX. Elastix 4 did release, but is not being updated enough to remain a contender at this point.
I have it installed for a second time. The installation video is incorrect and it does not ask the questions that they say during the install. I did it twice because I thought that I had missed something. Nope, just that their documentation isn't right. So it drops you to a command prompt without any indication if you did it correctly or not or where to go next.
No, there is nothing like that. The filesystem is just not there. It would warn you, though, so you would know not to be trying to save to something that doesn't exist.