The TeX Collection is the name for the overall collection of software distributed by the TeX user groups each year. Please consider joining TUG (or the user group best for you) or making a donation to support the effort (and receive the collection on CD and DVD).
The exact contents of the Collection varies from year to year, since (among other reasons) it is produced entirely by volunteers. In 2007, the TeX Collection is comprised of the following:
The DVD contains all of the above software. The user groups also ship a CD for TeX Live and a CD for proTeXt (there is no CD for MacTeX since MacOSX systems nearly always come with a DVD drive).
If you'd like to help with any of development, testing, documentation, etc., please visit the project pages above for more information on how to contribute.
Releases from previous years are available for historical purposes. No TeX Collection was released in 2006; user group members for 2006 will be sent the 2007 Collection.
The TeX Collection is a massive effort, done entirely by volunteers. We are grateful to the hundreds of people involved, from all parts of the TeX world: the contributors uploading new packages to CTAN, the CTAN maintainers for providing a central repository to draw from, the people building the binaries on a wide variety of platforms, those helping test the results, the developers maintaining and enhancing the software upon which it all rests, and the user group members keeping the infrastructure provided by TUG and all the TeX user groups viable by their support. Thank you all.