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Joichi Ito
Jun 05, 2005 - 09:21 UTC »

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I just created a torrent for Tex Live. Tex Live is a ready-to-run TeX system for Unix. I just set up the torrent for the TeX Users Group, but I'm currently seeding it on my laptop so I would love a few other people to get the file from me and seed it so there are a few more seeds. It's a 580M file. Thanks!

texlive-live.iso.torrent

More details on the tracker.

UPDATE: Doh. The reason I'm helping out the TeX guys is because I think it's a cool project. If you're geeky and into typesetting, you should check out the project.

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01. Robert Grant - Jun 05, 2005 - 13:34

Nice section for Technorati Tags section :)

02. Sparky - Jun 05, 2005 - 19:58

I'm writing my dissertation right now - thank god for TeX (well, Knuth).

03. Fred Blasdel - Jun 05, 2005 - 21:07

This rocks! I've always wanted to dive into TeX, but there was always some hurdles. A live CD (like knoppix, et.al.) seems like the perfect solution.

04. Dave - Jun 05, 2005 - 21:12

hehe lovely :P

05. karl - Jun 06, 2005 - 00:52

TeX is part of my memories ;) I was writing my astrophysical articles with it.

06. Jan Theofel - Jun 06, 2005 - 01:56

If you read this article and do not have any experience with TeX or LaTeX but you want to try it, it's a good idea to contact your local TeX user group. The NTG has pusblished a list of TeX user groups worldwide.

07. Denghiz Kant - Jun 06, 2005 - 12:43

Hi, for those who wants a TeX system that really runs live off a CD rather than a DVD, try MikTeX Live.

More about MixTeX here: http://miktex.org/about.html

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Joi Ito seeded a TeX Live BitTorrent seed from Neuromancer in Savannah
June 5, 2005 10:16 PM

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