I am, in fact, working on making it /almost/ as easy as installing an application from the Market ;P. It won't be "as easy" as this type of thing requires root access, but there will be a single, self contained program, that will perform the installation (and even do it in a way that repartitions your SD card rather than putting it all into a file, so that it doesn't disrupt your ability to use the USB mounting functionality while you are using it) ;P.
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I am, in fact, working on making it /almost/ as easy as installing an application from the Market ;P. It won't be "as easy" as this type of thing requires root access, but there will be a single, self contained program, that will perform the installation (and even do it in a way that repartitions your SD card rather than putting it all into a file, so that it doesn't disrupt your ability to use the USB mounting functionality while you are using it) ;P.