TeX Live for self publishers

[Don Hosek]

> Tinytex appears to be a serious effort to solve these two concerns. But, as I understand, it’s wedded to R.

TinyTeX is, in fact not wedded to R (although its default selection of packages is geared towards the needs of that community). 

MikTeX is available for windows, Mac and Linux and is probably the most user-friendly option for a TeX distribution with packages installed on an as-needed basis. 

-dh