RE: Mathematica stole my X so I had to kill it
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- Subject: [mg36991] RE: Mathematica stole my X so I had to kill it
- From: Steven <hattons at speakeasy.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 05:01:36 -0400 (EDT)
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DrBob wrote: > That makes about twenty posts this week detailing nothing but problems > with Mathematica on Linux. The BEST thing we've heard was somebody's > opinion that it might be worthwhile to run a Kernel on Linux (but not > the FrontEnd). > > That's more than enough bad news to talk me out of switching to Linux. > I had been really considering it. > > Bobby > A few other points on this topic, if I may. I've found solutions to a lot of the problems I was having, and documented them. For example, I have the keyboard working the way I want it. C-x, C-v, C-c, C-z, all do what I expect them to, as does Delete. I used to have X restarts after extended periods of running Mathematica. That I haven't had recently. I may simply have thrashed X when I clicked too many buttons in sequence. I just wanted to report that it happened. The same thing might happen on XP. I've had my problems there as well. Not with Mathematica, but with other programs. I haven't even attempted Mathematica on XP. I'm sure it is a bit smoother to use. Mathematica on Linux *is* very usable. Especially after I _fixed_ the keyboard. I guess I was just a bit upset at the sense that WRI are still stuck in the 20th century paradigm that Unix/Linux is 'supposed to be' hard to use. I'm just completing my download of KDE 3.1 Beta 2. Things have changed. Gotta go install a few rpms and restart X. Bye, STH