From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44022 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: The most Tex friendly distribution? Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:33 +0200 Message-ID: <31A640B0-1D0B-403D-811A-AF9446FD3662@uni-bonn.de> References: <68c491a60809150832k6161ba57q77d0935a61af4569@mail.gmail.com> <200809151931.50358.matija.suklje@rutka.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v926) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221509978 26182 80.91.229.12 (15 Sep 2008 20:19:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:19:38 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Sep 15 22:20:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KfKYe-0002P4-5O for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:20:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A491FECD; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:19:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09963-03-5; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:18:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCFD1FE92; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:18:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F741FC91 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:18:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 09963-03-4 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout02.t-online.de (mailout02.t-online.de [194.25.134.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2B81FE92 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd06.aul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 1KfKW4-0007vE-01; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:48 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (E4jGmuZYohm4lFp0NkbzMDZh1lrlPhRJ+OBXjMp1Serj7YcWR9EaEblrCf0cbOzgt4@[87.178.99.209]) by fwd06.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1KfKVq-26VM6C0; Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:17:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200809151931.50358.matija.suklje@rutka.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.926) X-ID: E4jGmuZYohm4lFp0NkbzMDZh1lrlPhRJ+OBXjMp1Serj7YcWR9EaEblrCf0cbOzgt4@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 66467c25-062a-4ec5-ade0-242451fe8aa6 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:44022 Archived-At: On Sep 15, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Matija =8Auklje wrote: > Dne ponedeljek 15. septembra 2008 je Martin Schr=F6der napisal(a): >> 2008/9/15 Armando Martins : >>> Any idea about the most Tex-friendly Linux distribution, please? >> >> Debian. The maintainer (Norbert Preining) actually visits TeX >> conferences and was in Bohinj. :-) > > I use Gentoo and am pretty happy with the modular TeX Live ebuilds, = > but on top > of my head, I'd also say Debian would probably be (alongside = > Slackware and > Gentoo) one of the distros with the biggest TeX userbase. > If bandwith is an issue (i.e. if you're on a slow connection), modular = builds are important. If you have a need for religious service and are = convinced locusts and floods will ensue if you install something = without using the official (TM) authentic (TM) package manager of your = distribution, by all means, choose your distribution very carefully. = But if these points aren't important to you, please just use the = TeXLive installer on ANY linux distribution and install. TeXLive now = has a wonderful tlmgr program which will help you keep up to date; = this will probably be much faster than any packaging system (with the = possible exception of Debian, unless Norbert is stuck in the mountains = without internet access...) SuSE 10.X used to have a habit of setting = certain environment variables (such as $TEXINPUTS) without bothering = to tell the user about it; I think this is no longer the case in 11.0. = I really didn't mean to say that the problems you reported a while ago = were connected to your linux distribution. The most important piece of = advice I can give: please please please install just one TeX system = and STICK WITH IT. Either TeXLive or the TeX system offered by your = distribution or the ConTeXt minimals - but not all of them; that would = be fine for an advanced user but needlessly confusing for a beginner. 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