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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 also includes extensive general documentation about
+ TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying 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
+
+ Space limitations of CD-ROM format have forced us to divide TeX Live
+ into several distributions. You can tell which one you're in by
+ looking for a 00type.TL file in this top-level directory.
+
+ live
+ A complete system on DVD; it is too large for CD. You can run
+ programs directly from the mounted DVD; see the documentation
+ for details. Or you can install to disk by executing the script
+ install-tl.sh in the texlive directory under Unix, including
+ MacOSX. A Windows installer named tlpmgui is also available, in
+ the setup-win32 directory.
+
+ The live DVD also contains other distributions: proTeXt (see
+ below); MacTeX, for MacOSX; and a snapshot of CTAN. Each of
+ these are completely independent from TeX Live, with different
+ licensing conditions.
+
+ inst(allable)
+ A complete system on CD, for installing on Unix (including
+ MacOSX) or Windows; in order to make it fit, we had to compress
+ everything we could. Therefore, it is not possible to run TeX
+ directly from the installable CD; you have to install it to
+ disk (hence its name). Do this by running ./install-tl.sh on
+ Unix or MacOSX, or setup-win32/tlpmgui on Windows.
+
+ protext
+ The proTeXt distribution for Windows is an enhancement of
+ MiKTeX: it adds a few extra tools, and simplifies installation
+ considerably. It is completely independent of TeX Live, and has
+ its own installation instructions. It can be run live or
+ installed to disk. proTeXt is provided on the live DVD, and
+ (for some user groups) its own CD.
+
+ Naturally, each user group chooses what to distribute, at its own
+ discretion. (TUG is sending all three discs above to all of its
+ members.)
+
+ CD format details: For Unix and Mac, the CD's use the Rock Ridge
+ extensions to the standard ISO-9660 format. For Windows, Microsoft
+ Joliet extensions are used. In any case, you should see the full names
+ after mounting. If you see truncated names, you cannot run programs
+ directly. If you have plenty of bandwidth and know how to burn discs,
+ the [7]ISO images are available online. The [8]contents are also
+ available for browsing.
+
+ 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 [9]Mozilla, the free version of Netscape) for HTML
+ documents, and a PDF reader (such as [10]gv or [11]xpdf, both free
+ alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
+ * [12]TeX Live documentation (html).
+ * [13]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
+ * TeX FAQ's in the distribution: [14]Czech/Slovak, [15]English
+ (pdf), [16]French, [17]German,
+
+ Finally, some related web pages, for your reference. These are not
+ included in TeX Live:
+ * [18]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
+ introductory material.
+ * [19]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
+ resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
+ more.
+ * [20]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
+ Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
+ repository of all things TeX.
+ * [21]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!
+ _________________________________________________________________
+
+ [22]TeX Live home page.
+
+References
+
+ 1. LICENSE.TL
+ 2. LICENSE.CTAN
+ 3. texmf-doc/doc/english
+ 4. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
+ 5. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf
+ 6. texmf-doc/doc/
+ 7. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Images/
+ 8. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/
+ 9. http://www.mozilla.org/
+ 10. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
+ 11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
+ 12. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
+ 13. doc.html
+ 14. texmf-doc/doc/czechslovak/cstug/csfaq/
+ 15. texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
+ 16. texmf-doc/doc/french/FAQ-fr/
+ 17. texmf-doc/doc/german/FAQ-ge/
+ 18. http://tug.org/begin.html
+ 19. http://tug.org/interest.html
+ 20. http://tug.org/ctan.html
+ 21. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
+ 22. http://tug.org/tex-live/