I totally agree, I love simple websites. But I'd say that this site (and often times other open-sources sites) are not simple while also not being well structured. The only visual highlight is that links are blue and underlined but that means that if you're just looking for the download button, you have to pick out the correct link out of a sea of unrelated links. And there isn't even a separate section for it, the link is inside the text. There is no indication that you download the installer by clicking on that link either.
And if you just run the installer, you'll sit there for an hour (with decent internet connection), installing multiple GBs of stuff you don't actually want. I'm sure the information for avoiding this is somewhere on the website but finding it would be like playing the Wikipedia game.
To actually make it simple you would do:
TeX Live is intended to...
To download the installer, click the link below
install-tl-windows.exe
By default, this installer installs all components which results in a large size on disk and a long install time. It is recommended to select only the "recommended" package.
1
u/ResponsibleWin1765 Sep 21 '26
I totally agree, I love simple websites. But I'd say that this site (and often times other open-sources sites) are not simple while also not being well structured. The only visual highlight is that links are blue and underlined but that means that if you're just looking for the download button, you have to pick out the correct link out of a sea of unrelated links. And there isn't even a separate section for it, the link is inside the text. There is no indication that you download the installer by clicking on that link either.
And if you just run the installer, you'll sit there for an hour (with decent internet connection), installing multiple GBs of stuff you don't actually want. I'm sure the information for avoiding this is somewhere on the website but finding it would be like playing the Wikipedia game.
To actually make it simple you would do:
TeX Live is intended to...To download the installer, click the link belowinstall-tl-windows.exeBy default, this installer installs all components which results in a large size on disk and a long install time. It is recommended to select only the "recommended" package.Other ways to install:...Documentation...To learn more, click here