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\section{Installation}
While |.tex| files are plain-text in and of itself, you need a typesetting engine and the base \LaTeX\ packages to be able to turn it into a pdf. In this course a working install is provided, but you probably want a working installation at home as well.

\subsection{Linux}
On Linux, there is one large \TeX\ distribution: \fnhref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/}{\TeX\ Live}.
Most Linux distributions have \TeX\ Live in their package manager. This is usually reasonably up to date.

If it's not up to date enough, the \fnhref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html}{\TeX\ Live installer} can be used. There are also instructions on the \fnhref{http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/1092}{TeX StackExchange} for Debian and Ubuntu.

You also need a \LaTeX\ editor, a list can be found on the \fnhref{http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/339}{TeX StackExchange}.

\subsection{Mac OS X}
Simply download and install \fnhref{https://www.tug.org/mactex/}{MacTeX}. This is actually \TeX\ Live prepackaged with some applications specific for OSX.

\subsection{Windows}
For Windows there are two distributions available:
\begin{itemize}
	\item \fnhref{http://miktex.org/}{MiKTeX}, installed on Winscin and usually the best choice. One of the features of MiKTeX is that is downloads certain packages when they are used.
	\item \fnhref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/}{TeX Live}. Because TeX Live is made to be cross platform, its not really optimized for Windows.
\end{itemize}
