As of absence of command line tools in MiKTeX, it is a matter of philosophy. As to me, I don't want to learn names of such tools and prefer to have a single centralized manager. The difference in philosophy is visible in a number of various buttons, say, in DVI viewer. YAP viewer from MiKTeX follows minimalist design whereas DVI viewer from TeX Live collection has a lot of buttons which I never used. Mitex make it easy for you to have a licensed radio, the radios come pre-programmed and all you have to do is complete the licence application that comes in the box. No need for you to understand the technicalities of frequencies or licencing processes. Also, unlike a smartphone, you can talk to several people at the same time, which is a considerable benefit if you work as part of a team. To start communicating, all you have to do is press the PTT (Push To Talk) button. to finish with a private (for you only) TeX installation. Executables like lualatex will be installed in ~/bin. Setting up a shared (system-wide) installation requires administrator privileges and you should keep in mind that maintaining a shared installation can become complicated and error prone.

Do you want to set up a private (for you only) TeX installation, or do you want to set up a shared (system-wide) TeX installation? The second option makes sense if you are the administrator of a multi-user system. If this is the case and if you expect that some of your users would like to work with MiKTeX, then you should install MiKTeX system-wide. Command line options can have different names, such as --restrict-write18 vs. --restricted-shell-escape.The radio is ready to use straight from the box. There is a very wide range of accessories available for this unit, including a six way charger unit.

The build quality seems good and even an idiot could use them easily (other than struggling to see which channel is which in poor light) and of the 5w units available I don’t think you find any that are better, and there are lots that are worse.https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/business-radio/apply-business-radio

MiKTeX comes with TeXworks, a TeX frontend which you can use it to edit and preview LaTeX documents. Because the range of a radio varies depending on the environment you use it in, we offer you the realistic expected range of: The TeX output viewer Yap allows for an optimized edit-compile-view cycle (if the TeX authoring system in use supports source specials). It supports many platforms, not just Windows. (The first paragraph of http://www.ctan.org/starter.html needs an update.) I am interested in Linux-x86 and Windows, so I made a portable installation covering both platforms on an external hard disk. to finish with a shafred (system-wide) TeX installation. Executables like lualatex will be installed in /usr/local/bin.required. This allows you to keep your TeX installation as minimal as possible ( “Just enough TeX”). The radio is ready to use straight from the box. There is a very wide range of accessories available for this and all Mitex hand portables. *A Mitex Six way charger unit is available for this unit A complete set of additions (programs, styles, fonts, etc) are available to help you typeset your documents. This is meant to be an updating summary of the differences between the two distributions. Please add up-to-date information and criteria. Feel free to explicitly explain why some criterion gives an advantage to one or the other.

We hope that you, your family, and your friends are keeping well during these difficult and challenging times. Our thoughts are with you all. I have recently switched from MiKTeX to TeX Live (for speed reasons*), and I will use this answer to maintain a list of small differences that have not been mentioned so far.

The PMR446 or PMR radio is a license-free walkie-talkie that gives you completely free and unlimited communication. Quite literally, the name refers to being able to "talk while walking", and the device uses radio waves to carry voice messages. If you want to deploy MiKTeX in your organization, it is recommended that you use the MiKTeX Setup Utility to install MiKTeX silently on the client computers. Please read this howto, for a step-by-step recipe. Running the Basic MiKTeX Installer