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+Welcome to TeX Live
+
+ The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system for a
+ variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It
+ encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing and printing
+ of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection
+ of TeX macros and font libraries.
+
+ The distribution includes extensive general documentation about TeX,
+ as well as the documentation for the included software packages.
+
+ For licensing information, please see the top-level [1]LICENSE.TL and
+ [2]LICENSE.CTAN text files.
+
+ Where to start
+
+ We strongly recommend that you read the TeX Live Guide before
+ undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a
+ description of the top-level directories, and more.
+
+ English versions of the Guide are in the [3]texmf-doc/doc/english/
+ hierarchy, in both [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other
+ languages are also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*.
+
+ For a list of the most important changes in this year's release, see
+ the Release history section at the end of the documentation.
+
+ Installation
+
+ The installation script is now named install-tl, and has both GUI
+ (default on Windows) and text (default on everything else) operation
+ modes. You can force one or the other with the options -gui and
+ -no-gui, respectively.
+
+ Post-installation package updates and other configuration is now
+ performed with the tlmgr (TeX Live Package Manager) script, which
+ likewise has both GUI and text modes.
+
+ Documentation
+
+ Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system
+ is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a
+ browser (such as [7]Firefox) for HTML documents, and a PDF reader
+ (such as [8]gv or [9]xpdf or [10]Sumatra PDF - all free alternatives
+ to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
+
+ * [11]TeX Live documentation (html).
+ * [12]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
+ * The English [13]TeX FAQ ([14]pdf also available).
+
+ Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not
+ included in TeX Live:
+
+ * [15]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
+ introductory material.
+ * [16]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
+ resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
+ more.
+ * [17]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
+ Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
+ repository of all things TeX.
+ * [18]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
+ around the world, with contact information. We strongly encourage
+ you to join the user group of your choice, to support TeX Live and
+ other TeX activities.
+
+ Happy TeXing!
+ _________________________________________________________________
+
+ [19]TeX Live home page.
+
+References
+
+ 1. file:LICENSE.TL
+ 2. file:LICENSE.CTAN
+ 3. file:texmf-doc/doc/english
+ 4. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
+ 5. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf
+ 6. file:texmf-doc/doc/
+ 7. http://www.mozilla.org/
+ 8. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
+ 9. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
+ 10. http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/
+ 11. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
+ 12. file:doc.html
+ 13. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/
+ 14. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
+ 15. http://tug.org/begin.html
+ 16. http://tug.org/interest.html
+ 17. http://tug.org/ctan.html
+ 18. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
+ 19. http://tug.org/texlive/