1.10.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

1.10.2.1 How can I get bold math symbols?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/595/how-can-i-get-bold-math-symbols

To make Latin-letter variables bold I can use e.g. \mathbf{a}, but while putting Greek letters or symbols such as \nabla inside \mathbf doesn't cause any errors or warnings, it also doesn't do  ...
 

- asked by Michael Underwood (144 votes), answered by Mark Meckes (125 votes)

1.10.2.2 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 (161 votes), answered by frabjous (59 votes)