3.9.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

3.9.2.1 Column and row padding in tables

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/31672/column-and-row-padding-in-tables

How do you guys go about controlling column padding in tables? 
Update 
To clarify, I'm looking for a way to control both vertical and horizontal padding. So, if I had a simple table like in the  ...
 

- asked by JustDanyul (196 votes), answered by Herbert (136 votes)

3.9.2.2 How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1092/how-to-install-vanilla-texlive-on-debian-or-ubuntu

Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. So how do I install  ...
 

- asked by Dima (203 votes), answered by frabjous (67 votes)