| Developer | Owen Le Blanc |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Historic |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | February 1992 |
| Latest release | 2.0+ / 4 November 1996 |
| Available in | Various |
| Update method | None (manual) |
| Package manager | None |
| Platforms | Intel 386 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Command line interface |
| License | Various |
MCC Interim Linux is a Linux distribution first released in February 1992 by Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC), part of the University of Manchester. It was the first Linux distribution created for computer users who were not Unix experts[1] and featured a menu-driven installer that installed both the kernel and a set of end-user and programming tools.
The MCC first made Linux available by anonymous FTP in November 1991.[2] Le Blanc's irritations with his early experiments with Linux, such as the lack of a working fdisk (he would later write one), the need to use multiple FTP repositories to acquire all the essential software, and library version problems, inspired the creation of this distribution.[3]
Le Blanc claimed he referred to the distributions as "interim" because "...they are not intended to be final or official. They are small, harmonious, and moderately tested. They do not conform to everyone's taste -- what release does? -- but they should provide a stable base to which other software can be added."[2]