As Rob noted, this is a very large question. With regard to the question: * How to bring two comps (using different distros) in tandem with Lyx
I do this with my computers, some running Windows, others running Linux. There are several parts to making this work. The first is to get some sort of software that can keep copies on both computers up-to-date. One method is to use SVN or a similar version control system that typically works over a network. Another method is to use Dropbox. The second part is to make sure that you always use relative paths when inserting external references. This applies when inserting an image, a bibtex bibliography, or any other external material. The third thing is to make sure you have software in both locations that can operate on any input given. For example, if including .svg images, you need to have a conversion program configured on both machines that operates properly when these files occur. If you use a special LaTeX package or font set, it must be somewhere it can be found by the LaTeX distribution on both machines. You can find more details for this and your other questions by using the many resources available, as outlined by Rob. One additional location for information that I don't think was pointed out yet is, of course, the archives for this and the other lyx mailing lists. For example, I can point out a recent discussion on the topic of your question I just addressed at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Jacob
