<div dir="ltr"><div>Well I have been using <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">TeXlive</span></span></span> for a long time, and I do it in different machines and with different OS. But my basic system is <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Ubuntu</span></span></span> <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">LTS</span></span></span>, I hate to change my OS every six months and I prefer something more stables. With Fedora in the last versions I have few troubles and I use them but they are not my hit. But, yes I know, this is a Fedora list.<br>
<br><br></div><div>And about <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">TeXLive</span></span></span> and all those troubles, in fact as <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">José</span></span></span> <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Matos</span></span></span> says, we need to install all the schemes we need for our papers and projects. I teach how to use <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">LaTeX</span></span></span> from the most basic until special packages for certain task, not always for typeset math. TeX in fact is more than that, but of course isn't the only tool, so i install Tex-live full, all the schemes for avoid those problems. It can be a little expensive abut the <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">HD</span></span></span> space usage with up 1.5 GB for store everything, but this is how I can use different compilers such as <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">tex</span></span></span>, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">pdtex</span></span></span>, latex, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">pdflatex</span></span></span>, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">xetex</span></span></span>, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">xelatex</span></span></span> and <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">luatex</span></span></span> for <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">ConTeXt</span></span></span>.<br>
<br></div><div>Perhaps you can customise the settings of the <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">TeXlive</span></span></span> for install only the packages you need, but I don't know if it is possible or how to do it. So simply I prefer install everything.<br>
<br></div><div>As Gordon Bell said: TeX is potentially the most significant invention in typesetting in the last century [...] and in terms of importance could rank near the introduction of the Gutenberg press.<br><br></div>
<div>So isn't the only tool, but perhaps is the most powerful one. We have <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">InDesign</span></span></span> (not in <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">linux</span></span></span> yet) and <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Scribus</span></span></span>, and they're good for some tasks, but in my opinion we can't compare them, TeX and both of its embodiments: <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">LaTeX</span></span></span> and <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">ConTeXt</span></span></span> can do a better work , faster and easier than <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">InDesign</span></span></span>, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">QuarkXpress</span></span></span>, <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Scribus</span></span></span> and others. We can typeset huge quantities of pages automatically with an excellent composition and without adjust manually line by line and save paper using the traditional pica points instead the <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">PostScript</span></span></span> pica points.<br>
<br></div><div>There is a long time (two years ago) I don't use <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Scribus</span></span></span>, is an interesting software, but the typographical management was poor for me and unable to take advantage of Open Type features. With <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">LaTeX</span></span></span> we can do it using <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">XeLaTeX</span></span></span> and it's great. Surely <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">Scribus</span></span></span> now is better than the version I knew, but it can be better for typeset highly <span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">hierarchized</span></span></span></span> <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""></span>texts with a lot of cross references, and equations, chemical formulae or musical notation or chess notation, but it's <span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style="background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow" class=""><span style class="">ok</span></span></span> for magazines, newspapers, brochures (leaflets) and all those publications where the design and the number of pages depends from the contents.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">I do not think</span> <span class="">the way</span> <span class=""><span style class="">pdf</span></span> <span class="">file is created</span> <span class="">is</span> <span class="">important, but the way you can compose an equation, or another thing typographically difficult, matters.<br>
<br></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">That's all, cheers.<br></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""><span style class="">Aradenatorix</span>.<br>
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