[bscphil]

I agree, in the sense that this comes years too late for me and I would guess most other Linux users. It's easy enough on Linux just to install effectively all of the packages from your package manager, and the couple GBs it takes aren't enough to be a real concern (and I've got my root on an SSD!).

However, I can see this being a real benefit to Windows and OSX users, who don't have a native package manager. If you're going to be in the unfortunate position of managing LaTeX packages manually, it would be great to have a low-friction way to do that and a minimal portable distribution to start with.

My one actual criticism is the name: it should be TinyLaTeX. TeX and LaTeX are two different things.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

TeX on Mac is nearly as painless as TeX on linux: you just install MacTeX via your preferred software installation method (I use homebrew, but in the past I've downloaded the 5GB dmg and used that), install it and everything pretty much "Just Works"

[_emacsomancer_]

I haven't used it in a long time, but MikTeX on Windows was really easy too back in the 2000s.