Have you considered using HTML based slides? That way the LaTeX math gets rendered at presentation time using MathJaX or KaTeX, so you don't need a local LaTeX.

Have you considered using HTML based slides? That way the LaTeX math gets rendered at presentation time using MathJaX or KaTeX, so you don't need a local LaTeX. There are many options, my personal recommendation is Quarto (https://quarto.org/ https://quarto.org/). Now when I think of it, I believe that Quarto actually may come with its own LaTeX distribution included (TinyTeX), so you should be able to create even pdf presentations with it without installing separate local LaTeX. I do not know for sure, one of the advantages of using Linux as your operating system is that there is no need to manage a LaTeX distribution, it's just there.