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The '''ConTeXt suite''' is a complete, up-to-date ConTeXt distribution which that can be upgraded efficiently. It can be used to install either the stable or the beta version of ConTeXt. It can also be used in parallel with existing TeX installations such as MikTeX, TeXLive, or older minimal installationand so forth. It is aimed towards ConTeXt users, so it The suite does not include LaTeX specific packages and binaries.
Sometimes ConTeXt develops at a fast pace, and sometimes beta releases have serious bugsissues. The ConTeXt suite allows you to test the latest ConTeXt release without having to worry if an upgrade worrying whether upgrading will mess an corrupt a critical project. You can have two (or multiple) parallel Multiple ConTeXt suitessuite installations are possible. This allows, and freeze one for your critical projectsexample, a stable version and use a beta version to run in parallel on the other one for experimentingsame computer.
ConTeXt is also included in TeXlive. The ConTeXt suite is updated continuously, whereas ConTeXt in TeXlive is updated less often. In particular, <code>luatex</code> and <code>metapost</code> are under active development and their binaries are updated frequently. ConTeXt follows these developments, indeed often drives development. As the binaries included in the TeXlive distribution are only updated yearly, ConTeXt on TeXlive will necessarily be less current than the ConTeXt suite. (ConTeXt on TeXlive can be kept somewhat more current using the http://tlcontrib.metatex.org repository.) The ConTeXt suite is self-contained and can happily coexist alongside another installed TeX distribution.
