>1. increased document interoperability between architectures because both > Linux and Mac use preferably TeX Live (MacTeX is redistribution of > TeX Live if I read their pages right, CMIIW).
Both MikTeX and TeXLive use the same sources, so there is no functional difference. They only differ in the GUI and the updating process, and in my experience MikTeX is here much more mature and easy to use than TeXLive. In fact, it would even be much better if LyX were to switch to MikTeX on Linux. >2. the instalation time of first install of MiKTeX (including triggered > online updates via configure) is *horrific*. As I wrote in some earlier > email, it took >1 hour to get LyX+MiKTeX working on clean Win machine > mainly because of MiKTeX package handling (and our reconfigure:). Installation time is mainly so long because LyX installs each missing package separately, and has to call the MikTeX package manager (mpm) each time. But by using the –install option, mpm can also install more than one package, either from a package list on the command line or from a list in a file, and then works much faster. The whole process would then probably take only a few minutes. See https://docs.miktex.org/manual/mpm.html for more details. Best, Kees
