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From: graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie comments/questions
Date: 5 Mar 1996 08:15:45 GMT
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Andrew Gallatin (gallatin@kahlo.isds.duke.edu) wrote:
: ....... I'm very interested in getting the linux version of
: mathematica working too. (currently, 2.2.4 will complain about a few
: unknown ioctl's, print out some gibberish & sometimes crash the system
: if run under 2.1R).
some weeks ago someone posted to freebsd-hackers or freebsd-current (the
mailinglists) that he got mathematica for linux running under FreeBSD (with
some hacking) - maybe you should ask there - maybe he's listening
: .....................Is this also improved under -current? Is the
: linux emulation being independently enhanced, or is FreeBSD simply
: tracking the NetBSD changes?
yesterday mark smith committed a mega linux compat patch to -current - a
mixture of own ideas + fixes and NetBSD tracking i think
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thomas graichen graichen@mail.physik.fu-berlin.de graichen@FreeBSD.org
perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when
there is no longer anything to take away antoine de saint-exupery