Subject: Milieu: a Linux demo package
From: [email-masked] (Thomas Dunbar)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 20:23:48 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

What is Milieu?

I'm writing a book called "Linux, a Personal Computing Milieu" and this
package is primarily designed to provide the essential files for that.
The text is an intro cs text which, rather excentrically, uses
MetaFont as its introductory programming language (see milieu.dvi in
the distribution for a bit more info).  The text is definitely not
meant to provide manpage type documentation or to duplicate info
available from standard Unix texts.

However, the package provides a nice little 5 disk (4 3.5'' hd and one
dos boot disk) set that's nice for demoing Linux. Little (no?)
documentation is included.  I intend to hold the package to these
constraints. 

What's in Milieu?

TeX and MetaFont, GNU Emacs and Calc, X Windows (minimally: X386,
cxterm, olvwm) -- in short, what's needed for MetaFont
programming. Gcc (and make, patch, sed, etc) are also included as are
essential utilities. A 0.99p8+ kernel is included but no kernel source
(tho there is intentionally room for it on the dos disk). I didn't
include scsi support (may change) but did include (against my
prejudices) 387 emulation. 

Where is Milieu?

At tsx-11.mit.edu, in dir pub/linux/packages/TeX/Milieu. Get the 
milieu.dvi file first for info. I intentionally put the info in a form
for users already familiar with TeX to prevent misleading people
needing an initial full Linux installation such as SLS provides.

Again, the package is just meant for 1) support for my course/text, or
2) demoing (it's nice to walk into a store with one of those little 5
disk boxes and convert a dos pc into a unix workstation).

Send comments/bug reports to: [email-masked]

    thomas