The MCC-Interim Linux distribution is one of the ``oldies but goodies''.
it has been around for some time, and my own Linux system was
originally installed with MCC-Interim back in the 0.95/0.96 days.
It is a very complete Linux system, and users rave about it. It has
an easy installation mechanism and is very solid. New users will
have very little trouble using MCC-Interim. The one thing that it
doesn't include is X Windows, however, X is very easy to install
on top of it. It also doesn't include a lot of other large packages
like ; but again, those things are simple to install. MCC's real
benefit is that it is a very solid base to start with; you are free
to install other software on your own as needed.
[Description:] Base Linux installation. Complete sources and patches for all included software are available. Full details vary from release to release; see
/pub/linux/mcc-interim/.../Acknowledgementsat ftp.mcc.ac.uk. Roughly: this includes the kernel (with source), C, C++, groff, man pages, basic utilities, networking. The binaries fit on 6 or 7 floppies. It is also possible to have them on a DOS or Linux partition on a hard drive (plus one floppy) or on an NFS-mountable partition (plus two floppies). New versions appear at 2-3 month intervals, depending on various factors.
[Availability:] By anonymous ftp from ftp.mcc.ac.uk in
/pub/linux/mcc-interimMirrored at tsx-11.mit.edu, nic.funet.fi, and elsewhere.