Do NOT install MiKTeX unless you enjoy finding new ways to literally waste your time. Yes, it's a tad bit more user friendly, but it's also literally ~twice as

Do NOT install MiKTeX unless you enjoy finding new ways to literally waste your time. Yes, it's a tad bit more user friendly, but it's also literally ~twice as slow as TeXLive. I really wish people gave this heads up when mentioning it... it should be a criminal offense not to! I wasted so much of my life just waiting for it to compile and I only found out TeXLive was so much faster when it was years too late.