[Trisquel-users] Re : Need something for writing/publishing LaTeX

[magicbanana]

You forgot about the option of compiling with 'latex' and then convert the  
DVI with 'dvipdf'. The huge difference with 'pdflatex' is in the image  
formats you can include. They are EPS with 'latex' and PDF, PNG, JPEG or GIF  
with 'pdflatex'. Of course EPS and PDF are preferred (unless we are talking  
about including pictures and 'pdflatex' is the way to go) because they are  
vectorial formats.

Like you, I do not see much point in creating PS files. In comparison with  
PDF, they are heavy, less common, with less features, etc.