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-% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.13 2011/10/05 21:46:53 rf10 Exp rf10 $
+% $Id: faq-texsys.tex,v 1.13 2012/03/26 20:15:53 rf10 Exp $
\section{\TeX{} Systems}
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ The \TeX{} distribution of choice, for Unix systems (including
which is distributed as part of the \Qref*{\TeX{} collection}{Q-CD}.
\texlive{} may also be installed ``over the network''; a network
-installer is provided, and once you have a system (whether network- or
-offline-installed) a manager (\ProgName{tlmgr}) can both keep your
-installation up-to-date and add packages you didn't install at first.
+installer is provided, and once you have a system (whether installed
+from the network or installed off-line from a disc) a manager
+(\ProgName{tlmgr}) can both keep your installation up-to-date and add
+packages you didn't install at first.
\texlive{} may be run with no installation at all; the web page % ! line break
\href{http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html}{\texlive{} portable usage}
@@ -81,13 +82,11 @@ the same place.
Windows users nowadays have a real choice, between two excellent
distributions, \miktex{} and \texlive{}. \texlive{} on windows has
only in recent years been a real challenger to the long-established
-\miktex{}, and even now \miktex{} has features that \texlive{} lacks,
-while \texlive{} offers a \Qref*{\luatex{}}{Q-luatex} implementation,
-which \miktex{} lacks (though it is present in \miktex{} 2.9, in
-beta-release at the time of writing). Both are comprehensive
+\miktex{}, and even now \miktex{} has features that \texlive{} lacks.
+Both are comprehensive
distributions, offering all the established \tex{} variants (\tex{},
-\pdftex{}~--- both with \etex{} variants~--- and \xetex{}), together
-with a wide range of support tools.
+\pdftex{}~--- both with \etex{} variants~--- as well as \xetex{} and
+\luatex{}), together with a wide range of support tools.
Both \miktex{} and \texlive{} offer management tools, including the
means of keeping an installation ``up-to-date'', by reinstalling
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ and has a large audience of satisfied users; \texlive{} is the
dominant distribution in use in the world of Unix-like systems, and so
its Windows version may be expected to appeal to those who use both
Unix-like and Windows systems. The latest release of \miktex{}~---
-version 2.9, still in beta release at the time of writing~--- requires
-Windows~XP, or later; it does not work on Windows~2000 or earlier.
+version 2.9~--- requires Windows~XP, or later (so it does not work on
+Windows~2000 or earlier).
Both distributions may be used in a configuration which involves no
installation at all. \miktex{}'s ``portable'' distribution may be
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ comes with a bunch of Type~1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa
\item[texlive]Browse \CTANref{texlive}
\item[texlive installer (Windows)]\CTANref{texlive-windows}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2012-03-28}
\Question[Q-sysmac]{Macintosh systems}